[You have died. Take your pick from A) Explosion Damage, B) Standing in Fire until you are toast. C) Alcohol Poisoning from inhaling superheated Dwarven Whiskey.
As always, you have options for the next few hours:
-Log out and rejoin the real world. (Over-rated and will cost you 1 SP as you are a Contract Worker.)
-Browse the Global Data Net for information. (Also costing you 1 SP.)
-Play vintage video games. We''ll pick the ones you are good at so you can feel like a winner.
-Review your notifications.]
[Congratulations, and welcome to the Dark Side!
You have betrayed an Elite Level Daemon above your Tier and stolen his quest! By completing the quest: Turn Sedgewick into a Charnel House, you have shown your lust for power and dedication to the Path of the Butcher. Welcome to the Dark and its many benefits.
You will gain +1 Corruption. This is a restricted stat only available to Black Guards, Cultists, Evil Priests, Politicians, Dark Butchers, Anti-Paladins, and Horrors that stalk the night. You may now increase your Corruption with further atrocities, gaining Dark power and making daemonic bargains,
You may study Dark Magics from Ancient Grimoires or Summoned Daemonic Sages.
You receive the ability to cast one small curse of your choice.
You gain access to special quests, spells, and skills only available to Horrors of the Dark.
Restrictions: The Dark finds the Light annoying. After agreeing to accept the Dark, you may not join the Light or gain access to Radiant Magic, skills, or quests.
Accept the offer to join the Dark <Y>? <N>?]
[Congratulations, and welcome to the Light! You have slain an Elite Level Daemon above your Tier and saved a town of peaceful townsfolk from a terrible fate. The Light welcomes you to its army of crusaders! Join the Light and receive the following:
+1 Radiance. This is a restricted stat only available to Paladins, Clerics, Holy Inquisitors, Light Butchers, Battle Nuns, and other Warriors of the Light. You may now increase your radiance with further victories over the Dark.
You may study with the great schools of magic and have access to learn Radiant Magic Spells, take part in special quests, and join the grand crusade against the Dark. (Mandatory attendance.)
You receive the ability to cast one Light cantrip of your choice immediately.
You gain access to quests, spells, and skills normally only available to Warriors of the Light.
Restrictions: The light cannot abide the Dark. After agreeing to accept the light, you may not join the Dark or gain access to Dark Magic spells, skills, or quests.
Accept the offer to join the Light <Y>? <N>?]
[Your group has slain an Elite Level 7 boss. As this is a Tier above your current level, bonuses are increased.
You have earned 1000 experience in your main class (Butcher) and 1000 experience that may be distributed to any stat that had a skill used in this battle. Eligible stats are STR and CON.
You have completed one of the class requirements for Butcher(Light) and Butcher(Dark): Killing a Charnel Daemon and Create a Charnel Pit.
You have completed one of the requirements for reaching Tier 2: Kill a Tier 2 boss while in levels 1-5.
You receive 18 Enhancement Points]
Spirit of the Bear to balance his STR. He could only buy a total of 3 and had bought two earlier. He should also raise his cap on CON and think about putting a lot of the experience there. STR was easy to earn. He killed more cows every day. Eventually, he could get CON to 10. That would help with his growing strength. If he put a lot of his bonus experience into CON, he could get it to rank 5. With three points from Spirit of the Bear and the point he''d started with, that would be nine. Raising his cap on CON would let him eventually get to ten. More health and hopefully no more snapped bones and ligaments.
STR with Spirit of the Ox but worried that would just get him back in trouble. He was close to another point with a few hundred more experience. He decided to hold off on buying more STR for now. The natural weaponry options Rolly was using looked good but he wasn''t allowed to take it. One Fist of Iron must not count as a natural weapon. But there was also Weapon Damage. That was better for him in many ways. It would affect his cleavers if they fought undead again. If he could add that damage to what he got with One Fist of Iron, he could try to pull off some sort of Monk or Pugilist build. That would be fun. Plus you don''t get disarmed as easily....well unless you literally got ''disarmed''. That hurt just thinking about it. What else did these boxes have to say? If he took the first rank of Weapon Damage, that was +10. His STR gave him +45, and the skill gave his punches a base of 20 instead of 10. That added up to 75 points of damage on a punch. Not bad at all. Hmm, that 3 points of STR looked good again. 90 on a punch? That was equivalent to a great big axe. He put spending points aside for now. Best to talk it over with the others. He expected they had received points as well. There were more notifications to go through.
[Congratulations! For unflinchingly facing death by fire to save others You have received the special title Martyr, granting you the skill: Fire Resistance. You will take 5% less damage from fire sources, magical and mundane, and an additional 5% less per rank of this skill. This is a CON-based tertiary skill. You may upgrade this skill to a Primary ability by making it part of your Heritage. If you make this skill a part of your Heritage you may also change its governing stat to INT and change the skill to Active Fire Resistance, allowing you to use mana to negate fire damage. As always, unlocking a part of your heritage can have consequences and revelations.]
[Congratulations! For slaying a Tier 2 Demonic Elite Boss you have gained the restricted skill: Demon Slayer. This counts as a Primary skill. Demon Slayer adds 5 points of damage to your attacks per rank, plus 5 points for each point of RAD you have earned. Demon Slayer is governed by the RAD stat.]
Hi, we wanted to talk to you about joining the Light and it''s time to renew the warranty on your car.''
The next notice was the one he''d been waiting for.
A Tier 2 Loot Chest has appeared at the location where you killed The Charnel Daemon. Each person who damaged the Daemon may open the chest once to receive random loot. Only your party may open the chest for the next seven days. If no one opens the chest in the next seven days, the next person to open the chest will receive the loot and the chest will disappear.]
[Hi! We notice that you have not yet agreed to join the Light. Don''t be shy, just click the <Y> option and we can upgrade you with your rewards, talk about further training, and how you can best serve the light. Don''t delay, Join today!]
[Act now to join the Dark and we''ll toss in a weekend of fun down in level 7! Booze, Babes, and the X-rated Ms. Pacman. But wait! There''s more! We''ll also throw in a free T-shirt!]
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Assault Demons and Angels of Vengeance are both known for their patience."
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Foul fiend of the Dark!
You sniveling traitorous two-timer, how dare you accept a bribe from the light!
How dare betray us to the Dark!
You dare to deal with those feathered idiots!
It''s the Burning Inquisition for you!
To the slime pits of Yegador!
On guard! Foul forces were waiting for us!
It''s a trap of the light!
To arms! Call for aid!
Sound the Doom Bell!
I hope you know, this means WAR!
WAR is the only way to settle this!
Stand down, all of you idiots!!
Oh boy!
crap on a stick......
We''ll be good, Lord Mithras
uh..being bad but in a quiet way...
[The following is the transcript from the Divine Court of Mithras, God of Justice, Case # 7625091956]
Mithras: This had to be today? Tomorrow I go on vacation and Hammurabi will take over my caseload. But, of course, this had to happen today. Ok, let''s figure this out. What do each of you bring before my court? Light, you can go first, Dark went first last time.
Why in all the 666 Hells and 7 Heavens would he do this?!!
Mithras: Court is adjourned. I''m off on vacation
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