>>36867798
Still voting to buy the GD axe

>>36867798
I suppose we'll have a look at potions first, then see what weapons we can buy

>>36867911
Yeah, seconding this. Who would know when a couple of potions might come in handy

>>36867911
Supporting.

>>36867911
Yeah potions are probably more important at this point.

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The weapon smith has a small display of healing potions, twenty Cor each. Would you like to buy some?(how many?)

>>36868031
Buy 3 then get axe I guess.

>>36868031
None. Healing potions are for people without regen

>>36868031
Go with 4
That means we can still get the Dorf Axe.
>>36868049
Like our partymembers.

>>36868049
We have it for half an hour at max. once a day. Shit little and we can still die, that mantis boss almost dropped us with it on.

>>36868064
Second

>>36868080
Changed the description after reading the SAO Wiki. Its constant now

>>36868064
i second this. But the moment we get skill for two handed weapons, we take that and charge at all the fuckers.

>>36868064
Backing this. Let's stick with what we can use for now.

>>36868112
We still almost died with it on.

>>36868064
Sure that'll work.

>>36868064
But a HUGE two handed ax is more RAD!
.....
Nah, will second this. Not like we couldn't get one later.

>>36868064
supporting.

Buying four health potions -80 Cor and the Dwarven Axe -530 Cor.
-610 Cor
Total Cor: 19

You pick up the potions and a brassy axe from the selection, placing them on the man's counter. He smiles as you transfer your hard earned Cor into his account, then hands you your new gear.
>+4 Health Potions
>+Dwarven Axe

Your friends walk up with their purchases, and transfer their money to the blond clerk. Henry buys a round wooden shield with a steel boss. Emily places a scimitar on the counter, and sells her old sword. You follow her lead, and sell your basic axe.
>+100 Cor
Chris decides not to buy anything, saying he wants to buy some armor instead.
>Where do you want to go?
>Armorer
>General Store
>Inn
>Guard's Barracks
>Write In

>>36868312
>General Store
We could use some antidotes

>>36868312
>Armorer
let's turn in those quests.

>>36868336
Different town

>>36868312
Did we have enough mantis exoskeleton on us? If yes,
>Armorer
If not,
>Guard's Barracks

Who knows if there is a quest waiting for us there.

>>36868312
>General Store
Antidotes and maybe an escape rope.

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>>36868312
>we could've just sold our basic axe first for the extra cash

>>36868351
I thought we where back in the town of beginning's

>>36868475
Still at Tolbana, went to heal up and get supplies for the journey

>>36868312
How about the Armorer for some heavy gauntlets to increase the power of our fists.

>>36868397
>escape rope
I laughed at that.

You start walking to the inn, but a store on the way pulls Chris in. It's an armor store, with a full set of plate in the display. You go in after him, looking around at the armor you likely can't afford.
>Look at what?
>Shields
>Torso
>Bracers
>Leg armor
>Helmets
>Gauntlets
>Look for something else(write in)

>>36868625
>Gauntlets

>>36868625
>Gauntlets

>>36868625
>Gauntlets
We should be able to obtain a pair with 119 cor r-right?

captcha : eraga

Eraged indeed.

>>36868625
>Helmets

>>36868625
Don't we already have good mantis gauntlets?

>>36868693
Bracers, your hands are unarmored. If you buy gauntlets, you'll need to remove the bracers. You could sell the bracers for a pretty penny, as they are a rare item drop

>>36868625
>Helmets
our bracers already give us bonus melee.

>>36868669
>>36868725
I'll change my vote to Helmets then.

>>36868625
>Helmets
We got pointy mantis bracers for melee

>>36868693
Could we buy only one gauntlet though? Wear it on our non-weapon arm. The bracers we wear on our weapon's arm. That should help us strike and rend our way through any foes.

>>36868781
Both function in pairs. To wear one bracer, you must wear the other. The same with gauntlets.

>>36868625
Helmets

>>36868798
Can we get them sharpened here?

>>36868829
They can be sharpened with a press of a button. Right now, they are dulled but can be sharpened at will.

Looks like helmets are winning, writing up the list and costs. Do you want to sell your ring?

>>36868864
Can we get the armorer to appraise it? See if there's anything special about it? If it's just a normal ring, might as well sell it.

>>36868880
"Just a normal ring sir. Looks like quality gold, I'll gove you 650 Cor for it."
>Sell it
>Keep it

>>36868895
We are no enchanters so sell it.

>>36868895
Holy shit.
>Sell it

>>36868895
Sell it.
GODDAMMIT WE SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS EARLIER
SO MAD AT MYSELF RIGHT NOW.

>>36868895
>Sell it

>>36868895
>Sell it

>>36868895
>650 cor
>Enough to buy a GD axe
Dammit. We couldhave gotten that GD axe earlier.

Sell it.
Could we barter with the armorer?

You walk into the helmet section, looking at the polished steel and hardened leather.
>Cor: 669
Leather Helms
>Leather Cap +2
50
>Warrior's Leather Helmet +3
75
>Elven Headband +4
125

Steel Helms
>Legionaries' Helm +5
150
>Viking Helm +6
200
>Norse Helmet +8
275

>>36868966
Get the barter skill and you could

>>36869030
Norse Helm provided it goes with our cloak.

>>36869030
>Norse Helmet
Fuck yeah.

>>36869030
>Norse Helmet +8
Pretty sure this is like those skullcaps with the eye coverage

>>36869030
>Norse Helmet +8

>>36869030
>Norse Helmet

also captcha : Buyse

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You pick up the gold and steel helmet, the chainmail clinking as you carry it. You place it on the counter, and transfer your Cor to the bald blacksmith. You place the helmet onto your head armor slot, moving the chain to stay out of your hair.
>-275 Cor
>Total: 394
>Look at more stuff(see above for the list)
>Go to the Town of Beginnings
>Go to the Inn
>Write In

>>36869030
>Norse Helmet +8
No way we can't.

>>36869165
Get a shield! Your a tank you need shield! plus unrelenting force charge with it would be hilarious.

>>36869165
Do we have any leg armor?

>>36869165
>Look at more stuff
>Leg Armor

>>36869190
No, you're just wearing black leggings

Rolled 90 (1d100)

>>36869165
Now we just need to grow out a badass beard. Rolling for instantaneous beard growth through willpower.

>>36869206
Nice roll!
Now ff only Kayaba had programmed in instant beards...

>>36869165
I'll agree with >>36869190 and say to look at the leg armor. Armor for the torso would probably be a lot more expensive.

>>36869165
>Get leg armor
>See what Chris is doing.

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>>36869206
Your beard grows to cover your entire torso, then starts filling the room. The hair blocks out all air, and you slowly drift into the red as you suffocate. Make a new character

Guys we are going about this all wrong. If dwarf fortress taught me Anything it was that 6 cloaks and nothing else is the best defense imaginable. Also that beards are amazingly resistant to blunt trauma.

Guys i just realized....We can be the viking at standford bridge without the getting stabbed in the balls part!

>>36869266
Can this new character have a beard?

Also
>Leg Armor

The armorer only has two different types of leg armor.
>Leather Greaves +3
150
>Steel Greaves +4
200

>>36869303
>Leather Greaves

>>36869303
steel

>>36869303
>Steel Greaves +4

>>36869303
>Steel Greaves +4

>>36869303
I think Leather Greaves would fit us more
>Leather Greaves +3

>>36869303
>>Leather Greaves

>>36869303
Steel, we are the tank. Defense is our weapon.

>>36869303
>Leather Greaves

Style bros.

>>36869303
>Leather
We still have living expenses and other things to buy.

>>36869303

>Steel Greaves +

We are going to look so out of place in SAO. Most everyone is standard Japanese Anime design and we look straight off a Viking ship, heading to pillage the English countryside.

We need throwing axes.

>>36869238
We're getting special armor as well for the quest. That may be a body armor or something else.

>>36869303
>Steel Greaves + 4
Leather just doesn't sound like it fits what we're going for. Plus we're meant to be the guy that charges in first and aggroes. I don't think we should be cheap on armor.

>>36869303
Leather Greaves sounds better. Like what this anon said>>36869371

>>36869373
Makes us a lot more easier to recognise then.

>>36869303
>Leather Greaves +3

>>36869386
Anon is right we should go turn in our quests before buying more gear.

>>36869371
>>36869409
We're about to head off and travel back to the Town of Beginnings, killing mobs on the way. You think we won't get Cor or items to sell on the way? And what other things? Living expenses, we still have enough after the Steel Greaves: 194 Cor. Torso armor? Shields? With 194-244 Cor?

Leather wins by a hair!

You take the leather greaves from the rack, putting them on the counter. You buy them quickly, as Chris buys a large set of Lorica Segmentata. You equip your greaves as the lanky teenager puts on his metal clothes.
>-150 Cor
>Total: 244 Cor

Its 5:39, and the sun is setting on the timber covered town. You could get going, now armed and armored. Or you could go to the inn and start going in the morning.
>What do?

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>>36869524
Morning we don't want to get jumped in the dark.

>>36869545
THAT LOOKS LIKE JAPANESE GREAVES! NOT VIKING GREAVES! THIS BOTHERS ME GREATLY!

>>36869524
When would we arrive in the Town of Beginnings?

>>36869559
Two or three days from when you start. I'll time skip them, with a few parts controlled by you guys.
>>36869556
THEN FIND ME SOME VIKING STYLE LEATHER GREAVES!

Rolled 8 (1d100)

>>36869613
Rolling for random encounter

>>36869524
Morning.

>>36869524
Might as well wait till morning. A couple hours isn't going to change things.

>>36869631
It seems Khorne has blessed this thread

>>36869524

MORNING

>>36869647
hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehheheh

heh

>>36869667
I'm afraid. Should I be afraid?

Rolled 55 (1d100)

>>36869667
Rolling for safe blessing and goodwill.

>>36869684
I feel like I just said "what could possibly go wrong?" We are screwed.

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>>36869667

Rolled 17 (1d100)

>>36869706
Rolling again. Not stopping until I got nat 100. Or close enough to it.

With my luck, I probably will roll a critfail.

Rolled 94 (1d100)

>>36869759
Again.

>>36869784
Feel free to stop now, you've secured our passage.

Rolled 17 (1d100)

>>36869613
wea should start focusing on 2h weapons but for now lets go ahead and dip bruh we aint got shit left here

if I roll above 90 we leave 2nite

>>36869784
[Safe blessing and goodwill] get.
Will this be enough?
Will anything be enough!?

>>36869801
Well, we're fucking staying tonight it seems

>>36869841
This is the OP we're talking about. Unless we get 3 100s in a row, nothing will be enough.

Rolled 27 (1d100)

>>36869841
>>36869801
Im rerolling

You return to Ruby's inn, armed with your new axe and armored in steel and leather. You wipe off the mud from your boots, entering the clean hall. Henry pays for the rooms, having spent the least. Funny, wood products seem to be extremely cheap in this town.

You wake up in your boxers, and equip all of your gear after getting out of bed. Your helmet limits your peripheral vision slightly, two thin bands of grey steel at the sides of your vision. You leave the room as Henry gets up, and order a plate of eggs in the tavern. Your friends enter one by one, armored but not armed.

After breakfast, you leave the inn and walk along the boards to the gate. Once outside the town of Tolbana, your party starts jogging. A long, paved road leads out of the small valley the town is in, branching between the Town of Beginnings and Horunka island. As it doesn't branch until a days walk, you start down the road.

Your chain jingles, your boots crack against the stones, and your cloak swishes with each step. The party makes an ungodly clatter as you pass, breaking the day's silence. Near the end of the day, you start to see other PCs on the road. None of them stop to talk, focused on their quests or destination.

At the end of the day, you bed down on the road's "Y" intersection. After setting a watch, you fall asleep only to be woken by a scream. You instinctively reach for your inventory, quickly equipping your armor. You can't make out anything beyond the red glow of the fire. Your clock says it's 4 AM, almost day. Still it's darkest before the dawn, and Henry was standing watch. You can make out his curser, glowing in the night. Surrounding him are five red cursers.
>What do?

I just like fucking with you guys, when you leave doesn't effect anything
Or does it?

>>36869964
aight heres the plan im gonna assume pkers so what we do is bellow and ungodly screech and then fuck all of them simultaneously

>>36869964
Play it cool. The enemy might not know where we are or if we are awake yet. Obtain visual on the enemy and if possible perform a surprise attack if not possible VIKING RAGE

>>36869964
Check on the rest of the group. Don't wake them if they aren't already awake. 5 enemies should be no problem and a howl should easily awake them in an emergency.

>>36869964
Does howl affect PC? Would be great for backstabbing plans

>>36870040
No, though it can be pretty loud

>>36870066
Damn.
Then do what this anon>>36870016
say. Going for a howl suddenly could make them panic and be rash about things and may cause Henry to be killed.

>>36870123
I think it would be better to try not to attack first. It's what? The first week? I think these guys just want our loots and a quick buck. Just play it cool first.

You creep close to the red cursers, looking for their owners. Nothing that you can see, though your eyes aren't suited to fighting with so little light. A flash of white flies at Henry, knocking him to the ground. A deep growling fills the air, red eyes glowing above Henry. A desperate push by Henry sends the Alpha wolf off of him, sending them rolling into the dark grass.

The four other cursers turn to face you, eight red eyes glowing in the fire light. All Alphas, how the hell did a pack of them come about. Is SAO scaling it's levels or is this just a random mob of monsters?

You have no time to ponder it, as two of the monsters jump at you from opposite sides. You fall to the ground, letting the two Alphas slam into each other. They snarl and tear into each other, attacking their rival. Seems there isn't a definitive leader of the pack.

The other two monsters, not occupied by infighting, circles around you.
>What do?

Why do you guys instantly assume its PKers? Have you no faith in humanity?

>>36870254
Where do you think we are.

>Howl
The answer is always Howl. We are the alpha.

>>36870254
Usual strategy. Howl, that should wake the others up if they haven't woken up yet.

Reminds me of the other SAO quest where anons didn't want to go to sleep outside a forest on the first day because they were worried about PKers.

>>36870364
That was this quest

>>36870382
Seriously? Christ, now I'm not sure about any of the events in my head anymore.

>>36870254
Howl. Join Henry. Fight back to back. Wait for cavalry. Slay wolves.

>>36870254
Usual strategy for now. With our new weapons and armor we should be able to tank now better than ever before.

You Howl at the monsters, drawing the sparring Alphas to attack you once more. Your Howl has the added effect of waking your friends, though they are groggy and will take time to get ready.

The injured Alphas, both in the high yellows, charge at you once more. This time, you lift your new axe in an Overhead Strike. You cut one wolf in twain, the halves sstriking you with the living wolf. The dead monster serves to light the road for a moment, You have two wolves circling you, and another latched onto your back. You jerk to the right, slinging the monster into the grass.

You rush up to the wolf, kicking it in the ribs until it runs away in the red. The two unharmed wolves are looking over at your friends, who are just now getting their weapons equipped. You Howl once more, drawing them in.

The three monster leap in unison at you, pulling you to the ground with their white teeth. One snaps at your face, being stopped by the steel helm. It repositions, and grabs hold of your left arm. You press a button to sharpen your bracers, cutting small glowing lines into the wolves' white bellies.

This will be my last post of the night, if this thread is up tomorrow I'll pick it back up. If not, expect a thread after tomorrow. I can answer questions for a little while before I go to bed.

>>36870610
Bumping.

>>36871641
Second bump

>>36873812
Bumperino

I'm back, and with the coveted
>What Do?

>>36875405
nigga are you gonna finish your last post cmon bro you were like right in the middle of it

>>36875405
Get up kick wolves off try not to kill them while keeping your footing.

>>36875405
>>36875415
but I mean if you're asking what you want us to do anyways..

> finish sleeping, go to the town of beginnings after

>>36875415
You're on the ground being torn apart by three high level monsters.
>What Do?

>>36875460
rip n tear hoss you know what im sayin?

>>36867798
I have coin but do you have the wares that i seek?

>>36875460
Kick them off Get your footing.

Rolled 40 (1d100)

Your health bar loses chunks with each bite of the monsters' jaws. You grey bracers whittle away at the monsters' health, dealing only ten damage each cut.

An Alpha bites down on your helmet, teeth shrieking as they gouge the fine metal. You reach up at the monster's jaw, holding it shut with one hand. You other grips your axe, and you swing it at the ribcage. A white line traces itself onto the monster's side, while the other two monsters savage your legs.

You swing your legs away from the monsters, dealing and taking damage as you hit the monsters upside the head. You flip the wound covered legs, white pixels covering your black pants. You spin on your shoulders, your legs landing around the monster's back.

You pull yourself up using your legs, coming to a rest on the monster. You pull back your axe, and perform anOverhead Strike to the monster's neck.
>Overhead Strike Level Up!

The monster breaks apart, removing you from your squatted posistion. You stand, looking in the faint light of the dead monster for the living ones. One still circles you, snarling. The second has pealed off, loping for the drowsy pair by the fire. Henry is back on his feet again, his shield facing the monster that attacked him. Both are in the yellow, and you as well.
>HP: 327
>What Do?
>Roll 1d100

Rolled 47 (1d100)

>>36875665
> Charge the Wolf heading for the others.

>>36875665
Take potion. Charge (using the skill) at the wolf attacking the downed people.

Rolled 23 (1d100)

>>36875665
Axe throw the runner and grab the other jaws, yank and tear them off.

Rolled 37 (1d100)

>>36875694
forgot roll

Rolled 54 (1d100)

>>36875665
Yell to wake up the others, then charge at the one in front of you.

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You turn away from the circling wolf, heading to your friends. Still occupied by their inventories and blinded by the fire's light, they don't see the black wolf charging them.

They do, however, notice the large screaming man charging them with an axe.

You Howl to draw in the monsters, the charging wolf faltering a bit before charging back at your friends. Chris closes his inventory, with only his two-handed sword. Emily is armed with her scimitar, standing at her boyfriend's side.

You speed up as the monster leaps at Emily, targeting the weaker opponent. Chris interrupts the leap with his blade, swinging it up at the monster. The monster growls as the sword hits, cutting into the monster's belly.

You grab hold of the monster's tail as it knocks Emily down, pulling back with all 18 of your strength. The monster digs in, its claws digging tracks into Emily's torso. Shit, she's already in the yellow. You swing the Dwarven axe into the monster's hips, sinking into the flesh, bone, and pixels. Henry cries out, in pain and hatred. You can't spare a look, focusing on restraining the wolf attacking Emily. Chris is chopping into the monster's back, swinging it over hit head like a sledgehammer.
>What do?
>Roll 1d100

Rolled 46 (1d100)

>>36875931
use the wolf to beat the other wolf

Rolled 82 (1d100)

>>36875931
Bludgeon Henry's wolf with Emily's wolf.

Rolled 79 (1d100)

>>36875931
Kill the wolf you have the axe throw into the other one.

>>36876019
Your axe isn't balanced for throwing and you lack the Throwing Weapons skill

>>36876058
Then get to Henry he's in trouble and emily and chris have the one wolf handled. Howl if you have too.

"You got this?" You ask Chris, who is chopping blocks from the Alpha Wolf's health.
"Yeah" Chris says, you instantly let go of the monster. You turn and run, leaving the light of the fire for the night's dark.

You look around, searching for the cursers of your friend and his adversary. The red light from the Alpha wolf's curser shines through the darkness, visible in the night.

The wolf behind you dissolves, Chris's blows finally ending the wolf. You keep running, noting a slightly darker patch of darkness. The red curser float above it, showing you the wolf.

A spearhead flickers out at the monster, stabbing into it's shoulder. You check your arm back, charging into the monster. You swing the brassy axe down, watching it glow green as you hit the monster.

You feel the muscle part beneath your blade, cutting through computerized flesh. A whine goes up from the monster as it spins to face you. A green curser appears in your peripheral vision, Henry standing with you. His round shield protects his leather clad torso, imposing a thick wooden barrier. His spear rests on the leather covered rim, facing the monster. The monster is in the very low yellows, a few more strikes needed to finish it off. Henry is the same, at 37% health.
>What Do?
>Roll 1d100

Rolled 38 (1d100)

>>36876242
Howl, draw aggro, charge the thing it turns its gaze from Henry he can attack it and we can end this.

Rolled 60 (1d100)

>>36876242
Our strategy hasn't really changed much from RIP 'N TEAR. Get its attention with a charge while letting Henry attack it from the side.

>>36876242
>>>>>>>>>>> not using the wolf suggestion

Wtf

Rolled 12 (1d100)

>>36876242
forgot my roll

>>36875665
>>36875931
>>36876301
All these terrible rolls. This is vengeance after rolling that 100, OP.

;__; paul

Rolled 13 (1d100)

>>36876242

>>36876293
We can't throw a wolf that far...... yet.

>>36876301
When can we start beating motherfucker with other motherfuckers? As in, how much Str. do we need for it.

>>36876378
Honestly, we'll probably start swinging a greataxe around in one hand before we get that stronk.

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>>36876378
Forgot pic.

You Howl, your loud scream making Henry and the wolf cringe. While the monster is facing you in annoyance, you lift up your axe in an Executioner's Strike over your head.

The green covered bronze axe swings down at the monsters open jaw, a critical hit against the monster. It survives with a hair of red health, backing away from you as it's muzzle heals from four separate pieces into it's normal two.

henry rushes forward, his spear clutched for an overhand strike. He flicks the spear forward, stabbing at the Alpha wolf. It lands in the dirt, a puff of dust popping up from the spearhead. The blade sticks, and Henry releases the weapon.

Holding his shield in both hands, Henry raises it up and slams the rim into the monster. The wooden shield knocks the monster the grass, and you rush forward to dispatch it.

You grab hold of the axe, and swing it back for an Executioner's Strike.

You slice through the monster's neck, the head falling to the ground. It's tongue lolls out, before dissolving into light.
>What Do?
>Check Inventory
>Heal up
>Say something(what?)
>Write In

>>36876517
>Check Inventory
Take out some heal pots for the others.

>>36876517
Ok status check everyone alright? Anyone sides Henry needing a heal?

>>36876517
>Loot
>Heal up
>Check Inventory
>Get going

>>36876517
Loot
Status of Party
Check Inventory
Finish resting

You look at your inventory, checking on the new things the Alpha Wolves dropped.
>+3 Alpha Dire Wolf Pelts
>+128 Cor

>Total Cor: 522
>Total Pelts: 7
You now have enough pelts to turn in to the armormaker at the Town of Beginnings!

Everyone is chugging potions, you excluded. With your high Battle Healing, you should be back up to full in a few minutes. "Everyone okay?"
"Yeah"
"I'm good"
"Ay ay captain"
>Head out now(4:05)
>Sleep for a little longer
Dawn is at 5:30

>>36876701
>Sleep for a little longer

>>36876553
This

>>36876701
>Head out now(4:05)
Fuck it, everyone get a torch we might as well get moving. Not like 2 hours would help anyways.

>>36876701
Let's head back and turn in that quest

>>36876701
Do we get a rest bonus?
If we do lets rest till dawn.
If not lets head out now.

Head out wins, do you want to go to the Town of Beginnings or the island town Horunka?

>>36876861
Turn in our quest so town of beginnings.

>>36876861
>Town of Beginnings

>>36876861

Go back to town of beginnings, finish the quest already then.

Will allow us a little more money and experience for everyone else before we move onward from random encounters.

>>36876861
Turn in da quest

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>>36876861
Town of Beginnings so we can get some pimping new armor.

Too riled up from the fight to sleep again, you fully arm up and start making torches. Using your already made torch, you light the other torches aflame.

Your party forms a square on the cobblestone road, with you in the forefront right corner. The flames light your way through the night for two hours, before the rising sun is enough to see by. You turn off the torches, ridding yourself of the burden of constantly holding up your arm.

Hands free, you start jogging down the road. At noon, you stop and eat the sandwiches from the baker's. Fresh bread, ham, a strange type of cheese, and lettuce. You start jogging again, the food sitting heavily in your stomach. As you get closer to the Town of Beginnings, the grasslands fill with people.

As the day ends, you come close to the Town of Beginnings. At 7:51, you step up to the stone walls of the Town of Beginnings. You nod to the NPC guard, who opens the gate.
>Where do you want to go?
>An inn
>The armorer's
>The town square
>Write In

>>36877196
>The armorer's
Finish quests.

>>36877196
>The armorer's

>>36877196
>The armorer's

>>36877196
Samuel: Ask yourself what is happening to your body right now.

>>36877262
It's digesting the sandwich?

Or his real body? It's getting bed sores from the hospital being overfilled with coma patients.

You walk through the cobblestone streets, looking at the many players that stuff the city. Many have just returned to the city after a day of grinding in the fields, camping the spawn points. It's more people, real people, than you've in days.

You return to the armorsmith on 23rd street, between a butcher and a baker. Across from the armor store is a candle shop. You open the dark wooden door, to find seven other people clamoring for the smith's attention. They turn to look at you as your party enters, then look back at the NPC blacksmith. You wait for your turn, watching the other players buy or sell armor to the man. Finally, after twenty minutes, you get to talk to the man.

"Hello son, your the boy I sent looking for Alpha pelts, right? You have them on you?" You pull open your inventory, sending a list of the contents to the smith. He whistles at the different pelts and chitlin pieces. "Seems you have plenty to make something. Come with me to my studio."

You follow the black haired man, stepping into the leather working and smithy combination. He gestures for you to spread out your good to be made into items. "Now, what kinda armor would you like?"

Alpha Dire Wolf Pelts(leather armor)
>Helmet
>Torso
>Boots
>Clothing
Mantis Chitlin(Medium armor)
>Helmet
>Torso
>Leg
>Shield
Jewel Wasp Chitlin(Heavy armor)
>Helmet
>Torso
>Leg armor
>Shield

Write ins are accepted for the types of armor you want

>>36877441
>Boots
>Leg
>Torso

>>36877441
>Boots
>Torso
>Shield
We'll have full armor set now.

>>36877488
This

>>36877488
3rding

>>36877441
>Boots
>leg
>torso

And remember that you can give armor to your teammates

>>36877551

We should do that, they need armor.

Get plate torso, then ask them what they need

Boots
Leg
Torso

They can get Their own armor, Are they broke or something? I seem to remember dividing up the money and loot from the creeps we've slayed equally.

>>36877441
Wait. Is everyone getting their own set of rewards from this?

>>36870610
>[...]being stopped by the steel helm[...]

Didn't it, in a previous thread, happen a similar thing but you said that the attack phased through the armour, the PC reasoning that like most games, armour is applied generally to the whole body?

>>36877488
>>36877523
>>36877533
We have leg armor already guys.

>>36877622
ok but we can get better leg armor

>>36877441
>Clothing
>Shield
>Torso
Captcha:Orygi
No, bad captha. That comes later.

>>36877634
Maybe but having all our armor slots filled out first should take priority.

>>36877617
That just was an awkward wording to say that the cloak wasn't damaged.
>>36877612
No, you are the one that got the quest.
>>36877601
Just wanted to put it out there. Seeing how they just bought new weapons, most of them are kinda broke

>>36877665
In that case,
> torso
> torso
>torso

>>36877663
Hence, why we're also getting boots and torso armor. Getting a shield won't work, since it means we don't have a free hand with which to take advantage of Unrelenting Force.

>>36877682
>Just wanted to put it out there. Seeing how they just bought new weapons, most of them are kinda broke
>>36877682

I agree to this then.

>>36877663
maybe, but having our companions outfitted should take precedence to having all of our armor slots :^)

>>36877685
What is the damage rating on our fists right now?

>>36877685
Unrelenting Force amps all our melee and should boost our bash as well.

>>36877696
True they need some armor to keep up with us.

>>36877682
dis.

Can't tell what the choice is, answer to get counted. Include if you want to give the armor to a person and who they are.
>Wolf Pelt
>Mantis Chitlin
>Wasp Chitlin

>>36877842
Turn them all into torso armor, give the armor to our partymembers.

>>36877842

this one >>36877488

>>36877842

Torso, give to party members, we need to keep them alive. Have them choose.

>>36877842
Considering how we've seen our teammates getting into yellow, sometimes red, plenty of times, I think I'll agree with the anon who wanted to turn them all into torso armor for the rest.

>>36877842
All torso. Jewel Carapace to Chris, Mantis to Em, Wolf to Henry.

>>36877915
Chris already bought his own armor. The roman armor, made of strips of metal. We should keep the Jewel carapace

>>36877951
o ok. Then yeah, keep the Jeweled Carapace for ourselves, but otherwise unchanged.

Can we get a pastebin or a google doc with the party's stats and equipment? It'd help everyone remember stuff like >>36877951

>>36877982
working on it, been writing the different armor descriptions.

A small teaser for the stats
>Emily(5)
Basic Leather Armor, Steel Scimitar
Beginning One-handed Curved Sword, Straining, Acrobatics
>Chris(4)
Lorica Segmentata, Beginning Two-Handed Sword, Silver Ring
Two-Handed Sword, Equipment Appraisal, Parry
>Henry(2)
Beginning Leather Armor, Beginning Spear, Linden Shield
Two-Handed Assault Spear, Parry, Acrobatics

>>36878062
Henry's level on this is wrong, its level 4

>>36878062
> henry is only lv 2

we needa train that lil nigga do you guys agree

tfw waiting for op

tfw looking for inspiration and pics for armor

almost done

How'd the final vote come out?
I'm too lazy to count.

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You tell the smith your choices, and watch as he sets to work on them. The armor pieces glow and form into masses based on their composition. The man starts first with the Alpha wolf pelts, then moves on to the insect parts.

You hand Henry the armor made from Alpha Dire Wolf pelts, a full shirt of leather and fur armor. Two thick pieces of leather cover the chest, studded with brass to hold it in place. Small hardened leather scales cover the upper arm, over a piece of conditioned and softened fur. A small fur cape covers the back plates, the wolf head on the right shoulder. A small metal wolf head hides a buckle on the belt. Henry smiles, thanks you, and replaces his basic armor with the Wolfsbane Armor.

Next, the man forms light armor from the Mantis carapaces. You hand it to Emily. The brown chitlin has been polished to a rich nutty brown, and formed into strips. These strips overlap, like Chris's lorica segmentata. Small pieces of green gemstone, made from the Mantis Jewel, line the shoulder pieces. Small spines from the arms tip the shoulders, pointed out from her neck in cascading lines. A rigid turtleneck made from chitlin covers her throat, a large green gem at the sternal notch. Emily turns around, and unequips her armor. She quickly replaces it with her new Mantis Segmental Armor.
1/2

>>36878645
Never mind.

You watch as the shining mass of Jewel Wasp Carapace forms into armor beneath the skillful hands of the smith. You equip the armor instantly, and remove your cloak so you can get a better look at it in a mirror. It's beautiful, a shimmering opal that has been beaten into armor. A heavy piece of shimmering chitlin forms a cuirass, with smaller plates covering your upper thighs. The upper arms and shoulders are ribbed for pleasure, the tips of the plates curved up. The back is a segmented series of plates, covered by two "wings" from the pauldrons. As you look at the back, the color changes from green to orange.
>Pics of the armor: http://www.ageofarmour.com/instock/italian-export-armour.html

Everyone that just got new armor sells it to the armorer, and gives you the money in thanks.
>+300 Cor
>Total: 822
>What Do?

>>36878678
>Buy some boots

>>36878678
Get a targe.

>>36878678
What's the bonus on the various armors?

>>36878678

Stock up a bit on restoratives. We need some more, just in case. Make sure everyone always has at least 2.

>>36878678
Let's buy a shield. That way we have it for when we next level, and we can grab shield combat.

>>36878678
Let's go to the dungeon. I'd say we're about as geared as we'll get atm.

>>36878721
+8
+12
+15

in order of which they were posted

>>36878743
implying shield combat exists in sao

>>36878787
Implying we cant use it and unrelenting force to Fus Roh dah something into the next zipcode.

>>36878804
implying it wouldn't be better to just use our bracers instead of a shield

>>36878787
It was one of our options last time.

The vote came down to unrelenting force or shield combat, in the end.

>Implying you've been paying attention.
>IMPLYING!

>>36878787
implying it didn't wreck Kirito's shit.
inb4 Kirito a shit.

>>36878816
>Implying our bracers did more than 10 damage a strike, and had more defense than a shield.

I consider them a backup if we get disarmed.

>>36878816
implying we can't get our bracers broken if we hit too mard with them. Besides its so much funnier to send lighter weight enemies (and kirito) Flying with a shield.

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>>36878823
Kirito a shit

I have a pic of a less shit version. Pic related

>>36878841
>implying that we can't sharpen them to be deadlier
Seriously, why didn't we get them sharpened back at Tolbana?

>>36878823
>implying Kirito not a piece of fecal matter.

>>36878844
>implying real physics apply to our weapons

>implying I don't agree with you

>implying I'm going crazy

>implying I need help.

>implying OH GOD MAKE IT STOP!

>>36878823
implying holy sword isn't a unique skill

>>36878875
They have an armor state and a weapon state, sharpened means their in stabby weapon mode.

>>36878880
Kek

>>36878902
Unrelenting force is as well, so it's conceivable when it get to high level we can Fus Roh Dah someone with a hit. Sheilds being boards of nope would be sneding people into the stratosphere, imagine killing enemies via fall damage.

>>36878875
>implying you understand how it works

>implying it hasn't been stated multiple times that they're sharpened by a button press, by kayaba, no less

>implying you're not the same guy who's been ignoring that fact the entire quest

[/spoiler]apparently kayaba autocorrects to katana. I think that's kinda funny.

>>36878926
Fuck.
FUCK
I am the stupd

I thought we were doing fine with no shield, besides how will we brezerker rage if both hands are taken

>>36878678
Look for quests. Otherwise let's just head to the dungeon already. Should at least kill the field boss if nobody's done it already.

So you guys want to buy a shield? What style?
>Kite
>Viking round
>Roman Tower
>Buckler
>Write In

>>36879105
This

>>36879100
Yeah but we're the tank, and you can royally fuck someone's day up with a shield especially since we're a kinetic amp class.

>>36879124
>Viking round
Best mix of utility and speed, plus it might even be spiked!

>>36879124
>Viking
Didn't really want to get a shield but at least we can stay consistent in our style.

>>36879130
Then why not just get a thick gauntlet to use as a shield while keeping mobility and punch/grab rage

>>36879124
>write in
A particularly thick forearm plate.

That way we can still use two handed weapons if we want, and we can block and bash with it as well.

A good compromise if you ask me.

>>36879162
If we absolutely have to go shield this I guess

>>36879177
This

>>36879105
This

>>36879124
>Viking round
With spikes preferably.
Can it be mounted on our lower arm insted of taking a handslot?

>>36879177
This. Please this

>>36879174
We're still getting hit then won't count as a sheild.
>>36879177
We'd also lose our gauntlets for a back up weapon.

>>36879235
We don't use them much, and our fists are damned useful.

Besides, if I'm not mistaken the gauntlets are wristbands.
What I'm talking about is a chunk of metal from our elbow to the gauntlets.

>>36879216
Sure, but that makes punches with it less powerful. Using the hand slot lets you use Shield Skills for a more powerful bash. Having it on your arm sets it as a piece of armor that can't be used for Shield Skills

How about we just go to the dungeon and talk about this after we get to the second floor?

>>36879311
I feel like we should wait a couple levels.

>>36879310
How long does moving it takes, from hand to lower arm and vice versa?
And can we wield a 2h weapon while the shield is ¨mounted¨?

You guys realize that Martial Arts is an actual skill in SAO, right?

>>36879379
Not till we get to floor two and find the quest

>>36879379
Yes.
We have rip and tear, though.

also, wouldn't "sword art" be considered a martial art?

>>36879359
If it is a small shield(dinner plate sized), yes. Large shields like a viking one is too bulky to wield with a two handed weapon.

On a tangent, one handed and two handed weapons are classified by length. You could have a super heavy one handed axe that deals more damage than a two hander. See Kirito's swords

>>36879401
Right, which is why I'm saying, "Let's talk about this at the next floor."

>>36879379
That's a high agility dodge/parry/hit&run skill.
Doesn't fit us well.

>>36879432
>You could have a super heavy one handed axe that deals more damage than a two hander
muh leverage

>>36879505
Muh slightly sharpened hunk of meteor.

Rolled 1 (1d2)

We're at a tie for the shields. Gonna flip a coin for it, or do you want to have a tie breaker

>>36879645
ok so can we go to the dungeon now or what

Round Viking shield wins the flip

You take up a round shield from a stand of them, testing it's weight. It feels light, your strength stat making it easy to manipulate. It has an interesting design(insert the design if you want) and a soft iron rim on it. The boss is steel, polished until it has a mirror-like shine. It is shaped like a bowl, hiding where your hand is put. A leather strap lets it hang from your shoulder, though you could just put it in your inventory for marches.
>-300 Cor
>Total: 522

>What do you want to do?

>>36879843
lets go to the dungeon

>>36879863
This. If we don't get there soon, someone else will.

>>36879843
One eyed wolf head design, we hit most the quests around here right? Hit up Tolbana for quests hen either hunt or hit dungeon.

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>>36879843
>Search for more quests. Grab any that involve the dungeon.

This.

>>36879914
We/re not even a week in, everyone's too busy cowering in the ToB or grinding in the forest near Horunka.

>>36879943
We're clearly fucking insane, though. On our second(?) or so day, we fucking tore apart a mantis with our bare hands.

Its about 8 PM, you guys really want to go outside the safezone?

I was thinking about a tent that functions as a safezone for a certain amount of time. How long should I make the safezone last and the cost?

>>36879943
The actual dungeon has twenty floors that we need to clear before we reach the boss. I say we at least check out the first floor.

>>36880126
Yes we want to leave the safezone. To the dungeon!

>>36880126
Wait get rested and all, when darkness falls difficulty spikes.

>>36880126
6 to 8 hours should work, since safe sleep seems to be its purpose.

>>36880126
I say it should last a whole night, so the price could probably be balanced according to the prices of an inn at a town

>>36880294
>>36880292
That was my thought, works for eight hours but needs 16 to recharge. Wouldn't want anyone to abuse it, so no setting it up while monsters are present.

>>36880126
Rest first. We'll get going in the morning.

>>36880253
If Asuna's bitch ass can grind for days straight on higher floors, we can handle night in the first floor. To the dungeon.

>>36880294
should buy it from an inn, and every time we use it we remotely transfer cor slightly greater than the cost of a room for the night.

Capitalism, HO!

>>36880378
A she had a grat guild, B she was a lot better geared up C. She had borderline Kirito traits til she became his waifu. runing into 5 or more alphas can easily kill a group like ours.

>>36880412
A) This was prior to KoB. She was even invited because she was able to do it. B) Again, no she wasn't. C) She didn't, really. I guess you don't remember the part where she was thinking about suicide and being constantly depressed until post-first floor boss.

>>36880378
Asuna has the power of PLOT behind her. We're relying on fucking dice.

>>36880465
See you talking about higher floors I.E> after first boss. Meaning she was she was and she was. There is a hug difference grinding mobs for 1 month and trying to tackle 10 mantises in one combat when at your level it normally takes two players to drop one. We get attacked at night and run into 10 alphas we'll lose half the party at best. Night creates a lethal difficulty spike. Lord forbid we run into a night based field boss.

>>36880564
> we run into a night based field boss.
>giving the QM ideas.jpg

Emily remembers an inn here in town, and leads your party there along the numbered streets. it's on the corner of 5th and 14th, with an attached tavern and brewery. It's modeled like a Japanese castle, with waxed rice paper windows and tiers of tiled roofs. It's painted bright red, the tower rooms rising from a wide base with large banks of the rice paper windows.

You enter, and it's a damn madhouse. Players kneel in shallow depressions, eating sushi and everyday food with chopsticks and forks. A asian NPC in traditional Japanese clothing greets you, and has you sit in one of the open depressions. Around you, sit three other parties all eating for the night. You order sushi and some teriyaki chicken, which the servingman brings in a few minutes along with a glass of water.
>Want to talk about something?

>>36880564
Thats a good idea

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>>36880623
Forgot my pic

>>36880610
There is no way i was the first to think about th->>36880623

Damn it.

Talk about getting a light source that doesn't take up your hand to use, a glow or something.

>>36880623
Talk about the dungeon, and whether or not they think their ready to start tackling it.

>>36880623
Ask how they feel about going ahead and facing the dungeon as they are now. I'd suggest if we could ask any of the other PCs if they'd want to join us but considering these are the same guys who opted to stay in the beginning town and grind the past week, I feel like they'd just be dead weight.

>>36878823

He IS a poorly done character.

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>>36880660
"I've never heard about something like that. The guide book doesn't mention it either. Maybe we could see if there are any monsters that do that." Emily says, looking into her small guide book. You got one too, but haven't really felt like reading it. Even moreso because it's over a thousand pages of lists and inventory descriptions.

>>36880683
"Are you sure? There hasn't been any assaults on it yet, judging from what I could hear. If we go, we're gonna need to stock up on healing crystals." Henry says

You go to pick up a piece of sushi, with avocado and tuna. A california roll, from your time before SAO. It has a different name here, something you can't even pronounce. The piece of sushi is grabbed from between your chop sticks by a small monster, the size of a house cat. It flies away, it's four wings rippling like a cuttlefishes'. The monster lands on a blue haired girl, whose eating with two other girls.
>What do?

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>>36880953
and a gif of it flying

>>36880953
Cool she got a pet, ask her about it.

Rolled 6 (1d100)

>>36880953
Glare sharply at it. Rolling for intimidation. That's our sushi goddamnit.

>>36881032
The Viking of Disapproval has failed.

>>36880953
"Yeah. It's got twenty floors or so anyways, right? No point in at least seeing the first."

Also discuss the probability of someone levelling like smithing.

Rolled 22 (1d100)

>>36881032
reroll

>>36881102
No point in not* god damn it

>>36881122
Well at least you did better than me.

>>36881122
>>36881032
You guys suck balls at this

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You look over at the party of girls, who range from the ages of sixteen to eighteen. The beast tamer keeps eating her sushi, hiding a smile behind the food. The other girls, one with copper wire hair and the other with jet black hair, giggle as the monster curls up around the blue haired girl's neck.

You attempt to glare at the girl, but only lead to making her spit out a burst of her tea. The rest of the girl's party laughs even harder, the three girls adding to the roar of the tavern.
>What do/Say?

>>36881373
Challenge them to duel consecutively.

>>36881402
This lmao

>>36881402
>>36881419
I feel like our reputation would just go down even further as "that guy who failed at scaring a girl and then challenged her to a fight when she laughed."

>>36881444
Yeah, let's not challenge them.
Just smile ruefully and ask how she managed to get herself a pet.

>>36881373
"heay watch your peat, stealing food is rude"
>>36881402
lets not fuck with a little girl.

>>36881373
Give her the biggest shit-eating grin we can make, like we got something special planned for her, laugh along with them as well. She'll think we're gonna try some shit later, and the shadowruns in her head will multiply exponentially. Then she'll feel like a complete retard when we do absolutely nothing. Just as planned.

>>36881373
>>36881496
Holy shit, yes.

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>>36881496
I think a shit-eating grin would be too extreme. How about just one of those fox-like smiles that animu characters do?