[D'sP] The Full Status - Chapter 384

Two months have passed since the quest portals had opened all across the world and there was once again a worldwide system announcement.

{After one day, no more people will be able to enter the quest

For the next three days, those trapped may request an evacuation which will extract them from the dungeon with only what they brought in with them if still available to them

In five days, the portals will close and everyone still in the quest will be stripped of everything and ejected}

Ace, “Huh, well, that’s one way to handle things. Interesting to know that there was a possibility of people getting stuck in there.”

Jim, who had been visiting to talk over getting more guild employees besides the four ladies, shrugs. “With all the decaying infrastructure it wouldn’t be hard to fall into a hole or have something dropped on you. That and the possibility of foul play. Though anyone that was planning on using that to secretly off someone is going to be annoyed.”

Ace nods, “It would have been the perfect chance to have someone die and yet be able to say you didn’t kill them without triggering truth spells. Though it would be a bit hard to set up, if only because ‘setting it up’ would likely mean they were the cause.”

Jim, “Anyway, speaking of the quest, how has the processing of all that loot gone?”

Ace sighs, “About as good as could be expected. They use runes in a lot of the stuff and we don’t have the cultural understanding to figure it out. Though it doesn’t help that some runes have clearly been removed, likely any of them that might reveal something personal about the fallen civilization.”

Jim rolls his eyes, “Either the system or dungeon was a little too thorough for my taste. Isn’t this the point in a story where some protagonist manages to find a well-hidden book detail that civilizations fall?”

Ace laughs, “But you already found the prehistoric stuff. Didn’t even leave a single thing for others to pick up from what I heard.”

Jim scoffs, “That was some good stuff, but also clearly an attempt to get around some sort of limit. What we want if the journal missed by the system entirely.”

Ace, “Maybe I should take a quick walk in there to see how lucky I am? Who knows? Maybe I’ll stumble upon some ancient treasure trove.”

Jim nods, “And within that collection of ancient scrap made new there is one of those spirit grandpas in a random piece of jewelry! They’d promise to teach you everything they know about earth magic only to end up sacrificing themselves to save you from some outside force.”

Ace, “And of course I’d end up shouting ‘Grandpa’ like I’m hanging over a pit and down a hand, only to be worked away at the last second.”

Jim, “And that ring would still be the strongest artifact ever. Though more seriously, have we truly not figured out anything? I’d figure that Ruby would have fidgeted something interesting out of the mess.”

Ace shakes his head, “I wouldn’t say we found nothing. That formula for the quartz bricks is interesting. We just don’t have enough properly sized quartz to use it right now, but it is an option for the future.

“And speaking of quartz, should have seen it coming, but those damn cables are made of the stuff as well. Ruby figures they used magic to treat quartz with the polymer and managed to make the stuff not only flexible, but able to turn Mana into a liquid. I suspect we’ll be a bit stuck on the cables for a while. I’m thinking they might have just had giant quartz crystals that they processed into cables.”

Jim sighs, “We’ll just have to throw some into the dungeon and see what happens.”

Ace, “Yep, at least until we figure out how to shape quartz like we do wood and regular stone. There is just something about crystals that don’t like flowing. Maybe the polymer will help with that? Meh, Ruby will figure it out.

“Oh, besides that we’ve got a few interesting things to work with. I hope that we can figure out how they turned Mana into electricity. While we didn’t focus on it, I know that quite a few people have been salvaging pre-system appliances. If we could develop a dependable power source, at the very least we might salvage some information from what computers are left.”

Jim shakes his head, “With how magic gets into things, I would hold much hope that the SSDs will hold much information. Maybe some proper disks will be viable? Even before magic, cosmic radiation could just flip random bits in a computer at random. With magic? I’m guessing that bringing any pre-system style data storage solutions into a higher world energy environment than the material it was crafted from is going to result in rampant errors and aggressive bit rot.”

Ace raises an eyebrow, “That was a bit more technical than I expected from you.”

Jim shrugs, “I worked tech support for a bit. Anyway, I’d just love to get some proper refrigeration going on. Whether that involves using magic derived electricity to power a pre-system refrigerator or directly using magic.

“As it is, we have a couple people at the guild who basically just laze around all day and occasionally renew a chilling spell on our perishables storage room. I don’t have better things for them to do than keep our food safe to eat, but if they weren’t needed for that I certainly have a million and one other almost as vital tasks that need doing.”

Ace, “Right now, we have more than a few duplicates and are basically waiting on the quest to end. Now, this is just a guess by Doctor, but chances are the quest reward will involve dungeons around the world. Everyone has at least one dungeon in their local community, pointing to how much importance the system places on them. Besides that, every single one of them drops some kind of food and that is not normal.

“With that in mind, I personally suspect that what the dungeon can drop will expand to include some of these things. If I’m wrong, we can toss a few spare devices in and see what happens. Though our dungeon will probably have a leg up on most of the others. After all, going by those golems, it already has access to quartz.”

Down in the dungeon, Doyle turns to Ally, ‘Is it possible that the quest will end up giving me patterns?’

Ally nods, ‘It isn’t out of the question. I know that their guess about dungeons with food drops is correct. While not exactly bandied about, it is known that all dungeons next to a system settlement placed by integration will have food. This isn’t something a normal person would realize as if a dungeon can drop food, a settlement will end up built around it. The logistical advantage of having basically a pocket farm is too great to give up.’

Doyle, ‘Fair. Though I guess instead of people watching, I should get to handling my paths. Don’t want to put that off until it is too late.’

Ally, ‘Yep, the system rarely warns you ahead of time for stuff like this if it didn’t provide a specific time limit in the first place. It’s treating the newly integrated with kid’s gloves. Now, instead of just checking your paths, how about you pull up your status as a whole and we’ll see what there is to see? Oh, and all the miscellaneous stuff as well.’

Doyle nods and pulls it up.

{Name: Doyle Huxley

Race: Dungeon Core (Diverse Strange Caverns)

Soulbond: Ally Huxley

Paths: Awakened Dungeon Core II 10/10, Dungeon Core III 100/100, Heritage Kobold Community I 15/15, Kobold Community II 30/30, Communities of Myriad Heritages I 15/15, Communities of Myriad Heritages II 30/30, Goat Supremacy 20/20, Energy Well I 3/3, Commanding Subordinates 12/12, Ageless Queens 15/15, Earth’s First Home of the Limit Breakers I 1/1, Biomes Aplenty 5/5, Potion Dispensary 10/10, Elemental Animals 5/5, Cows for Milk 12/12, Vegetation Variety 20/20, Divine Border 1/1, Know Your Enemies 10/10, Pathfinder, [UNIQUE] 1/1, Community Driven 10/10, Monster Rancher 50/50, Community Builder 30/30, Extra Accommodations 75/75, Energy Well II 6/6, Engraver 5/5, Boss Builder 50/50. Energy Well III 18/18, Monster Rancher II 100/100, Fluid Instancing 100/100

Level: 7

S[72] A[108] C[97]

I[84] W[176] P[75]

D[177] K[165] L[120]

World Energy(/R per hour): 102500(2070)

Skills [6/10 Class, 4/5+1 General]: Territory Control lv99, Dungeon Rules lv99, Universal Deconstruction lv99, Dungeon Pattern Database lv99, Creation(Energy Powered, Pattern Based) lv99, Conceptual Reinforcement lv99, Biosphere Balancing lv81, Psychology lv84, Village Planner lv39, *Root Rune Use lv53}

{Dungeon Patterns: creature patterns lv99, mystic energy storage patterns lv99, bricks lv72, food patterns lv70, material patterns lv63, shrubbery lv56, weapon patterns lv52, grass lv47, vines lv41, gem patterns lv50, vial lv34, quartz synced polymer lv32, potion patterns lv30, kobold trap patterns lv30, array patterns lv21, wooden hinged box of preservation lv21, armor patterns lv11, clothes lv11, seaweed lv1

Weapon Patterns: axe lv50, sword lv50, dagger lv50, bow lv50, arrow lv50, mace lv50, staff lv50, wand lv50, spear lv50, pickaxe lv10

Armor Patterns: gauntlets lv10, greaves lv10, boots lv10, tunic lv10, helmet lv10, shield lv10, cloak lv10

Material Patterns: strange dungeon stone lv62, wood lv58, clay lv55, glass lv50, metal patterns lv43, water lv42, cloth lv27, leather lv12, dungeon soil lv6, wax lv6, volcanic rock lv4, Earth standard air mix lv3

Metal Patterns: iron (crystal lv10 [-10lv]) lv43, copper (crystal lv10 [-10lv]) lv31, tin (crystal lv10 [-10lv]) lv29, gold (crystal lv10 [-10lv]) lv22, silver (crystal lv10 [-10lv]) lv22, mithril (lv20) lv20, lead (crystal lv10 [-10lv]) lv17

Food Patterns: sugar lv70, herb patterns lv54, wheat lv48, sunflower lv42, olive lv40, salt lv32, bread lv16, lemon lv14, strawberry lv14

Herb Patterns: clover lv53, tea lv49, sage lv47, aloe lv45, pepper lv44, peppermint lv44, mint lv44, rosemary lv44, lavender lv44, maiden’s tear lv40, mage’s delight lv40, springleaf lv40, meditation lotus lv40, royal lingzhi lv40

Potion Patterns: coagulant lv27, flesh mending lv27, regeneration lv27, healing lv27, antidote lv27, cure disease lv27, fire resistance lv27, cold resistance lv27, wind resistance lv27, poison resistance lv27, lightning resistance lv27, thunder resistance lv27, blunt trauma resistance lv27, stab resistance lv27, cut resistance lv27, climbing lv27, jumping lv27, invisibility to animals lv27, invisibility to non-sapient undead lv27, oil of magic weapon lv27, oil of silver weapon lv27, Moota’s coagulant lv27, minor cure all lv27, pauper’s fix lv27

Gem Patterns: pure quartz pattern lv48, amethyst pattern lv48, blue quartz pattern lv48, citrine pattern lv48, milky quartz pattern lv48, rose quartz pattern lv48, smoky quartz pattern lv48, green amethyst pattern lv48

Mystic Energy Storage Patterns: sealed quartz mana cable lv99, mana stone lv30, spirit stone lv30, monster stone lv30, psicrystal lv30, karma star lv30, luck stone lv30, elementally energized crystal lv30, prana lotus lv30, bloodstone lv30

Kobold Trap Patterns: kobold dart trap lv30, kobold rock fall lv24, kobold trip wire lv20, kobold pitfall lv16, kobold murder hole lv16

Array Patterns: simple world energy gathering array for individuals [lv14] lv21, tiny area right angle gravity array [lv1] lv3

Enchantments: Preservation [lv12], Unbreaking [lv10, 12, 20], Sharpness [lv10, 20], Impact [lv10, 20], Piercing [lv10, 20], Magical Efficiency [lv10, 20]

Creature Patterns: goat patterns lv99, ant lv99, kobold lv99, plant and fungus monster patterns lv74, cattle patterns lv45, wolf patterns lv38, golem patterns lv33, windcutter axebeak lv31, axebeak lv28, prey insects lv21, horned rabbits lv17, horned lizard lv13

Wolf Patterns: lesser shadow wolf lv38, wind wolf lv23, dungeon wolf lv23, stone wolf lv23

Cattle Patterns: dungeon cattle lv43, mad cattle lv40, longhorn cattle lv40, earthen cattle lv40, sea cattle lv40, ashen cattle lv37, herb cattle lv27, cattle lv5

Plant and Fungus Monster Patterns: myconid patterns lv73, Assassin Vine lv46, Shrieker lv27, Violet Fungus lv26, Udoroot lv21

Myconid Patterns: myconid sprout lv72, myconid lv66, lesser myconid lv62, lesser myconid troop guard lv53

Golem Patterns: plated crystal core crystal clay hexape golem lv33

Goat Patterns: goat lv99, grassen goat lv57, wooden goat lv52}

{Points: 79

Class: Dungeon Core III 100/100, Awakened Dungeon Core II 10/10

Location [1/2 I, 1/1 II]: Heritage Kobold Community I 15/15, Communities of Myriad Heritages II 30/30

Completed: Goat Supremacy 20/20, Energy Well I 3/3, Commanding Subordinates 12/12, Ageless Queens 15/15, Earth’s First Home of the Limit Breakers I 1/1, Biomes Aplenty 5/5, Potion Dispensary 10/10, Elemental Animals 5/5, Cows for Milk 12/12, Vegetation Variety 20/20, Divine Border 1/1, Know Your Enemies 10/10, Pathfinder, [UNIQUE] 1/1, Community Driven 10/10, Monster Rancher 50/50, Community Builder 30/30, Extra Accommodations 75/75, Energy Well II 6/6, Kobold Community II 30/30, Engraver 5/5, Boss Builder 50/50, Energy Well III 18/18, Monster Rancher II 100/100, Fluid Instancing 100/100

Started [1/3]: [TRINITY] 31/1000

Available: Awakened Dungeon Core III 10/100, Awakened Spatial Dungeon core I 0/1, Dungeon Core of Awakened Intent I 0/1, Axe Sharpener 0/5, Fire’s Flying 0/7, All the Potions 0/60, Clan Head 0/25, Five Cornered Square Initiate 0/100, Raising The Floor 0/100, Into The Infinite 0/60, Floors Within Floors 0/10, Phrenic Friend 0/120, PsiBane I 0/200, PsiBoon I 0/200, Deep Rules 0/500, Time Will Wait 0/500, Voidborn Expansionist 0/330, KinBane 0/120, Godly Diplomat 0/600, Heavenly Gatekeeper 0/1005, Mural Mayhem 0/20, Elemental Animals (Aquatic) 0/5, Swarm Tactics 0/10, Golem Crafter 0/60, Expedition Patron 0/25, Kobold Salvaging 0/40, Quests At A Distance 0/50, Scrapyard 0/50, Quest Taker I 0/50, Proto-Array Maker 0/10, Proto-Formation Maker 0/10, Rune Maker 0/50, Magitech Artificer 0/30, Magitech Designer 0/50, Rune Progenitor 0/100}

{Max 50 floors

13473/18000 world energy till floor 17

Monster Level Cap: 40 [Level(7) + Floors(16)*2 + Path Modifiers(1)]

Quintessence Debt: 49.8

Monster Pattern Adjustment Points: 388 (Skill slots cost [0, 10, 30, 60, 100], Allows the viewing of a monster pattern’s stat specialization and minor modifications to them with the use of Monster Pattern Adjustment Points, Allows splitting and merging of monster patterns for Monster Pattern Adjustment Points)

80 Instances (up to floor 9 unlocked, variant instances, boss floors can be set to only use instances when applicable [5], partial instancing of floors, instances waiting rooms to allow delvers to gather for raid boss fights, variable party size restrictions for instances, instances dynamically assigned as needed, able to set limits to how many instances a floor can have [3:0])

Sapience Prevention Seal 1,000we (currently on:)

Available Boss Slots: 14

Monster Naming skill available for 100,000 World Energy (56,122/100,000), Common Language pack available for 1,520,000 World Energy (237,919/1,520,000)

Concepts based upon hospitality more easily modify the dungeon

Monster can be created or released from a farm at any lower level down to the monsters minimum level for a reduction in cost equal to the percentage equal to percentage between 1 and the floors minimum level with a minimum cost of 1}

{Wisdom Use:

10*3 Automate 1st, 2nd, 6th, 7th, 8th floor

10 Automate 3rd floor [bag of holding loot slowly siphons space from floors growth until it has enough]

3*5 Loot rules

40 AG loot rules}

{Limit Breaker Cliff Personal Runes:

Lesser Personal Rune of Jeremy Barrai: +5 Agility

Least Personal Rune of Ace: +1 Wisdom

Least Personal Rune of Susan Barrai: +1 Agility

Least Personal Rune of Sammy: +1 Constitution

Least Personal Rune of Og Pwner: +1 Agility

Least Personal Rune of Ruby: +1 Intelligence

Least Personal Rune of Jack Hammer: +1 Strength

Least Personal Rune of Ally Huxley: +1 Karma

Least Personal Rune of Jim: +1 Destiny

Least Personal Rune of Bill: +1 Strength

Least Personal Rune of Tess: +1 Strength

Least Personal Rune of Kellinger: +1 Wisdom

Least Personal Rune of Kelly: + Intelligence

Least Personal Rune of Doctor: +1 Intelligence

Least Personal Rune of Zachariah Treeman: +1 Destiny

Least Personal Rune of Jimmy: +1 Strength

Least Personal Rune of Sarah Bell: +1 Luck

Least Personal Rune of Josh: +1 Intelligence

Least Personal Rune of Justin Smith: +1 Wisdom

Least Personal Rune of Annie: +1 Presence

Least Personal Rune of Dan TheMan: +1 Strength

Least Personal Rune of Garry Johnson: +1 Constitution

Least Personal Rune of Billy Brown: +1 Karma

Least Personal Rune of Lucy Miller: +1 Agility

Least Personal Rune of Nancy Williams: +1 Agility

Least Personal Rune of Mos: +1 Wisdom

Least Personal Rune of Larry Davis: +1 Destiny

Least Personal Rune of Daisy Peachblossom: +1 Luck

Least Personal Rune of Camila Sela: +1 Wisdom

Least Personal Rune of Jay Sela: +1 Strength

Least Personal Rune of Rose Sela: +1 Strength

Least Personal Rune of Bella Sela: +1 Strength

Least Personal Rune of Kaisy Sela: +1 Strength}

They take a while to read it all, especially with the extra information panel after the paths. Ally is the first to speak up, though only to request more information. ‘Pull up your stats per level. While you have about an even spread of current stats, I’m sure you’ve got at least one you’re specializing towards.’

{Stat Gain Per Level

Strength:8, Agility:16, Constitution:10

Intelligence:10, Wisdom:24, Presence:8

Destiny:13, Karma:31, Luck:17}

Ally nods, ‘Yep, just look at how much Wisdom and Karma you’ll be gaining next level.’

Doyle, ‘What does that mean for me going forward?’

Ally, ‘You have an excellent base of per level gains across the board. So at this point, you’ll want to focus a bit more. In particular, you’ll want to prioritize a specific category of stats. Right now you would be categorized as having a finesse focus, you’re just missing a bigger investment in Agility. Though compared to the other body stats, you could count as having done so to a lesser degree.

‘On the other hand, instead of focusing on the power, finesse, and specialty divide; you could go with the more obvious body, mind, and spirit. Right now your Karma stat has the lead and so boosting Destiny and Luck would do it for you.

‘In particular, you’ll probably want to get more Luck no matter what because of that child of fortune out in the town. You’ll never match her, but reducing what nonsense she can pull in here will only ever be beneficial for us.’

Doyle, ‘It isn’t a choice. While I won’t go for it alone, I will be focusing on finesse. It’s who I am.’

Ally raises an eyebrow, ‘That had more than a little bit of conviction behind it.’

Doyle nods, ‘There is a reason I got that trinity path. I need a balance between all three parts of myself. While I would prefer to be a jack of all trades when it comes to stats and really balance things, I can understand why that isn’t possible. So, if I have to choose, I’ll go with being in control. I lived my life until the system, being unable to control my situation. So now that I have the chance, I won’t let it slip through my fingers.’

Ally smiles, ‘But wouldn’t power do the same? And specialty! There are so many odd things that you can do if you focus on it.’

Doyle, ‘I’ll take all the power I can control, but that’s the key, isn’t it? A berserker might be able to draw out more strength than a disciplined fighter, but is it really theirs in the end? As for specialties?

‘There was a comic series about four characters that got turned into superheroes. At the start, they all had problems controlling their powers, but eventually they managed it. Except for the one guy who turned into a rock covered being. He was stuck like that and it caused never ending problems for him.

‘Yet the fire guy in that team could change between human form and a form that was basically a humanoid fire elemental. They got their powers from the same source, so why could one turn back and the other couldn’t? Now, obviously in a comic book, this is to create strife and problems for the characters to overcome. But if those people showed up here, I wouldn’t be surprised if the rock guy had oodles of Constitution, but comparatively little Agility.’

Ally, ‘That is an interesting way of looking at it and I won’t say you’re wrong. However, it is important to remember what you’ve seen in your monsters’ stat specializations. It is entirely possible that the rock guy would have equal amounts of both or maybe even more Agility over the other. Instead of it being a lack, whatever had changed him might have only altered the Constitution while Agility was mostly left alone.

‘Being able to do the splits and navigate an obstacle course doesn’t inherently grant you any control over an altered form. Besides, it might be that he would need more mental or soul stats to control things. Instead of an imbalance within the body, it could be an imbalance between the body and the mind or soul.’

Doyle nods, ‘There is really no way for us to tell. It might honestly be fixed with a Path than anything to do with stats. For me, though, I see my path forward. Agility, Wisdom, and Karma fit what I want and it isn’t like I’m going to neglect the other stats. They’re all important.’

It's Not Complete - Chapter 383

Messing With Paths - Chapter 385