Создатели Судьбы / The Creators of Destiny: Глава 40

Chapter 40
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Camrad_RIP 20.01.23 в 10:37

So, should we choose strength or dexterity?

Camrad_RIP 20.01.23 в 10:43

I opened the status menu again:

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Vlad, a warrior of the Temple Guard.

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Class: Paladin of Amala the Healer, level 37

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Health - 1056

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Mana - 278

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General Characteristics:

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Strength - 48

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Endurance - 40

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Dexterity - 20

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Intelligence - 26

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Free points - 20

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Class Characteristics:

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Faith - 7

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Reputation - 392

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Class Parameters:

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Attack power - 63

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Magic power - 36

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Defence - 34

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Experience modification - 45%

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Secondary Characteristics:

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Attention - 20

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Viability - 8

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Accuracy - 1

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Wisdom - 20

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Might - 7

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Out-of-Class Skills - Shield Strike (Rank 1).

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I hadn't invested a single point in upgrading in the last ten levels, making do with what my slowly but growing faith gave me. The cheater's stat when you think about it. It increases both damage and healing by ten percent! Now it's already useful, but what will happen at the hundredth level and above? We have to admit that paladins are a class designed for top players. But the resulting points had to be spent on something. Or keep it? Strength? Or buy a better sword at the bazaar? I heard, recently sharpening plus three appeared. Or invest in dexterity? But then again, I'm not a dex tank. I'm a heavy fighter of support, "help-cover-heal". Although at these levels, I'm more and more like a Maine Damager due to the virt and faith again doubling the paladin's abilities.

Camrad_RIP 20.01.23 в 11:12

Should I even choose?

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For the last three weeks, I've been hanging out in the Misty Fields, going to the infamous Negrin Catacombs, where I was on the sidelines of an experienced group. I was killed by PKs a couple of times, most likely just randomly choosing a victim. Once I was purposefully hunted, finishing off four times in a row. I had to first sit in the Temple and then hire a level 80 tracker who came to town with a caravan.

Camrad_RIP 20.01.23 в 11:17

The tracker figured out the dugouts where three mercenaries were waiting for me, then led me behind their backs under the Canopy of Leaves, and I was able to put one down at once due to the surprise of the attack, half-cast the other, making him run away, and then spent two minutes fighting the third, who had much more experience than me in fighting with the players. The second in that time almost made it to the entrance to the dungeon, but I accelerated the treadmill. The tracker laughed the whole time and then said that the paladin's chase after the bandit screaming "In the name of kindness - stop, you bastard!" would become the new meme on the Net, and it's a pity he didn't turn on the footage right away. I decided not to take offense at him, as I got a bunch of positive emotions, thirty-two silver coins, and a battered dagger. True, the tracker took twenty gold pieces for the job, but it was worth it!

Camrad_RIP 21.01.23 в 17:58

And now I was solving another problem. No, not the distribution of free points.

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The problem with the quests.

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When the guild guys got their reward, it was somewhat predictable. They had completed the quest, even if it was given to someone else. Quite, in the spirit of COD: whoever made it in time got the reward and let the rest of us wait for another chance.

Camrad_RIP 20.01.23 в 11:21

But the bard didn't get the quest! And yet he received an award!

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After thinking thoroughly about all the available facts, I called myself an idiot and, going to the mirror, asked to think more. I got a little too relaxed after I was fired!

Camrad_RIP 20.01.23 в 11:22

Two facts - embroidery and reputation enhancement.

Camrad_RIP 21.01.23 в 17:58

The embroidery, which was brought to my attention by the multi-priestess girl, was already the hit of the season. It really could not only improve things, but also change a character's characteristics, adding something to their spells, as well as the attitude of NPCs towards the player. In COD, as it turns out, clothes do make you look pretty, both human and other sentient. I had to order embroidery on my cloak, which did nothing for me. I already had a lot of reputation, so I had peace, friendship, and bowing with the local NPCs every time I met them. It's okay, I won't break, and I can take a bow.

Camrad_RIP 21.01.23 в 20:20

The second fact is that when I first came into the game, just by giving the salute, as it should be a new guard, I received a five-point reputation. As in the completed task, but at the same time, I did not get it, not even a hint of it!

Camrad_RIP 21.01.23 в 20:22

Add these two up, add the bard, who had won the award on the spot, and remember my rubbing everyone about the "story quest", which suddenly turned out to be true. Then we remember the case in the basement when I was able to convince NPC that the task must be performed exactly as I said and start thinking. What if I wasn't lying? What i the quest really happened? It's just that the mechanics of doing it involve the possibility of going off-script.

Camrad_RIP 21.01.23 в 20:25

And then how would I make sure that the clearly inappropriate level of the assignment award was given to me and not to outsiders?

Camrad_RIP 21.01.23 в 20:26

The first guinea pig was a newbie werewolf who was asking questions. I fished him out in the general channel, offered to help with the task, and took him to an inn that had a recurring problem with rats in the basement. There, handing him a trap I'd bought at the bazaar beforehand, I sent the young one into battle while I made sure he didn't get too bitten. The newbie was a venturesome one and did not rest until the last rat had taken its place in the cage, after which it was presented to the hostess of the inn. Respected Mencapina squealed a little and then rewarded the mossy fellow with additional pieces of muffin and another task - to take "this disgusting thing" away. I offered to sell them to the menagerie, which was done. The result - the newbie got three times more experience, a reputation, and three extra cupcakes.

Camrad_RIP 21.01.23 в 20:30

Too bad it, unfortunately, didn't confirm anything. Just an extended quest: I did it myself according to the guides, for example - getting my first sword. But I anyway repeated this quest three more times with other players, using traps... which, by the way, were fifty times more expensive than cupcakes.

Camrad_RIP 21.01.23 в 20:31

Then I took turns redoing every city assignment I knew.

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In the sewers, the newbies, under my careful guidance, used obedience scrolls, enchanted the mud elementals, and drove them out of the sewers, demanding payment from the keeper for their deliverance. No elementals? No. Give the money! Then they took the quest again and let the enchanted mud elementals go, which, as they were supposed to do away from their native dungeons, instantly self-destructed. The newcomers immediately presented their quests for payment. Elementals destroyed? Yes. Give the money!

Camrad_RIP 21.01.23 в 20:33

But it was still at my expense again. It was a bit expensive and could only work as a way of speed exp gain. By the way, for the second time, the noobs didn't get a reputation up.

Camrad_RIP 21.01.23 в 20:35

There was also an attempt to arrange a quest where there wasn't one, but apparently, I hadn't considered something, and it didn't work. It seems you can't come up with a quest "out of nowhere". You need to know the goal. You need to know the result and have a connection to the NPC, otherwise, it won't work.

Camrad_RIP 21.01.23 в 20:37

Now, standing in my usual spot a little away from the entrance to the Trading House, I waited for the result that would confirm or refute my reasoning.

Camrad_RIP 21.01.23 в 20:38

For a week now, I've been catching newbies and offering them a quest while changing the conditions, the reward, and the addressee. I have a quest - "Ways of Evil", never completed, even though the quest items are piled up all over the floor in the Sanctuary. And I have the desire to get other people to do the quest, which the game clearly allows. And there is an intention to get something for me. These three goals should be combined in one story... except I didn't know how to do it yet. If I were a creative writer, the kind of writer who is ready to give out any idea at ten a minute and nonstop covering the sheets with letters and drawings, then I would instantly come up with some tooth-breaking plot and in a week would know all the mysteries of COD, and myself would be covered in artifact equipment. Alas, I would have to go slowly and sadly.

Camrad_RIP 22.01.23 в 12:53