Vixette Volpia
Base Attribute / XP to Next / Intended Change / Total XP Cost
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4 Constitution / 100 XP to Next / none / Total XP Cost: 0
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1 Vivacity / 25 XP to Next / none / Total XP Cost: 0
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4 Strength / 100 XP to Next / 4 –> 6 / Total XP Cost: 225
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3 Hardiness / 75 XP to Next / 3 –> 6 / Total XP Cost: 300
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1 Focus / 25 XP to Next / 1 –> 6 / Total XP Cost: 375
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1 Resolve / 25 XP to Next / none / Total XP Cost: 0
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TOTAL BASE ATTRIBUTE XP COST: 900
Stats Affected by Change
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[Constitution] Health Points (HP): 400/400
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[Vivacity] Action Points (AP): 20/20
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[Strength] Phys. Damage Inflict Range: 40-49 –> 60-73
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[Hardiness] Phys. Damage Block Range: 16-23 –> 32-46
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[Focus] Mag. Damage Inflict Range: 10-12 –> 60-73
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[Resolve] Mag. Damage Block Range: 5-8
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Skills For Weapon Class: Hammer
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Locked.
Wallop 1.
Stun target for 3 seconds. Damage multiplier of 1.2.
[15 AP to cast] [Requires: Strength 4, Hardiness 4] [125 XP to unlock].
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Improve to Wallop 2 for damage multiplier of 1.5. [18 AP to cast] [Requires: Strength 5, Hardiness 5] [250 XP to improve].
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Intended Change: 0 –> 1
Cost Subtotaclass="underline" 125
TOTAL HAMMER SKILL XP COST: 125
Skills for Special Class: Builder
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Fundamentals 2.
Build walls and rectangular buildings quickly up to two stories high using stone / wood.
[Passive] [Requires: Strength 4, Hardiness 4, Focus 4].
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Improve to Fundamentals 3 to build up to three stories using stone / wood. [Passive] [Requires: Strength 5, Hardiness 5, Focus 5] [1125 XP to improve].
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Improve to Fundamentals 4 to build up to four stories using stone / wood. Also unlocks ability to build towers. [Passive] [Requires: Strength 6, Hardiness 6, Focus 6] [1500 XP to improve].
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Intended Change: 2 –> 4
Cost Subtotaclass="underline" 2,625
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Structural Integrity 1.
Buildings can withstand 5 extra Damage per resource consumed in construction.
[Passive] [Requires: Constitution 4].
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Improve to Structural Integrity 2 to increase damage absorption bonus to 7. [Passive] [Requires: Constitution 6] [750 XP to improve].
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Intended Change: 0 –> 0
Cost Subtotaclass="underline" 0
TOTAL BUILDER SKILL XP COST: 2,625
Summary
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Available XP: 3,633
Cost of Intended Changes: 3,650
Precision Training Discount (1%): 37
Total Adjusted Cost: 3,613
Total Projected Remaining: 20
Confirm?: Yes / No
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“There,” I said, confirming the changes. “You won’t be able to see that, because you’re not a skillmeister, but you can build up to four stories now using stone and wood like before, and you can also build towers instead of just rectangular buildings.”
“That’s perfect!” she yelled.
And I gained 18 XP! She didn’t need to know that though.
Nola, I asked, are you sure you’ll be okay if we explore?
Yes, she responded, and that’s so thoughtful of you to ask. I scanned the forest’s surface, and the nearest sentient life is hours away. Even if it’s hostile, which I doubt, you have plenty of time.
Great, I thought. Vix stared at me while I conversed with Nola, her head atilt.
“I have a psychic connection to the goddess,” I said. “We chat in my head.”
“Oh,” Vix said, “that’s a relief. I was worried you were crazy.” She traced a circle around her pointy fox ear with one finger, and smiled, indicating that she did, in fact, think I was a loon.
“Let’s give this quarry business a shot,” I said. I led Vix into the forest and along the ridge that tapered down from Nola’s hill.
“So what’s it like?” Vix asked. “When you look at my skills?”
“It’s just a bunch of words and numbers,” I said. “The better I get at it, the less of your experience I’ll need to use to level you up, so I constantly have to recalculate in my head when it’s worth it to spend my own experience points upping my skills. It was a close call, but I figured I could get you all those skills without totally depleting your XP. You have 20 points left. If I hadn’t saved 1% of the XP spend with my own skills, we’d have fallen short before I finished.”
“That sounds complicated, and not at all fun,” she said.
“I like it,” I said. “I spent so many days just sweeping up dust and stomping on bugs in the old temple that I never got to use my head. Strategizing is fun in its own way.”
“I wish I could see my own stats,” she said. Her bushy tail flitted back and forth behind her. I took its slow movement to be a good sign, that this fox lady was comfortable with me. I needed her to fix up the temple so I could make good on my promise to Nola.
“I’ll bet you didn’t even know you had a special hammer skill on the horizon,” I said. “I wonder how many people wander around not realizing how strong they could be if a skillmeister would just give them a hand.”
“Those skillmeisters,” Vix said, “they hold their powers too close.”
I thought about how being stingy would leave the world’s citizens underprepared when Duul’s army struck. It was a terrible, greedy culture that the head priests had developed. It wasn’t fair that they kept a monopoly on the one skill that helped people hone their own abilities. Everyone did the work to get the experience necessary. It was only right they should use that XP without spending a fortune for the privilege.
We hiked up the hill in the direction Nola guided me. Then I lost contact. I must have gotten too far from the temple.
“I already feel stronger,” Vix said. “The little bit that you increased my Strength improved my musculature too. Look at these guns.” She curled a bicep. It was cute that she thought she had any real muscle there. I made a note to myself though: increase Strength to bulk up.
I scanned the hill for any sign of a quarry, but found none. “I’m just happy to—”
The ground beneath our feet crumbled into a pile of brown rock and took us plummeting into the dark.
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Vix barked when we hit the ground, one sharp arf to signal her pain and worry. I just said, “Oww.”
“We fell so far,” she said. “But this rock. It looks like good quality. I think this is the quarry stone we were looking for.”
“But it’s not the entrance I had in mind,” I said. “Is anything broken?”
Vix jumped on all fours for a moment and shook her head and her body. Her tail wagged quickly behind her. From that position I could see right down her shirt as her breasts swayed with her body. I looked away quickly. I wasn’t that guy. I was the guy that didn’t get the girl, didn’t even get to look at the girl, because I had always been the lowliest form of life in the temple aside from the actual vermin.
Though, maybe things were starting to change. Maybe leaving Meadowdale gave me a chance to be something… new.