>>589783
>Go looking for quests and EXP
QUESTS!

>>589783
>Look for quests and XP

>>589783
>Go looking for quests and EXP

Well if we're the first ones here that just means that we get first pick of all the best quests.

Question, how much does MCs meta knowledge cover? Did we read the novels or did we only watch the anime?

>>589783
>Go looking for quests and EXP

gotta go get martial arts for our third skill slot

>>589783
>Go looking for quests and EXP
What's the labyrinth? And which option gets us the Martial arts skill faster?

>>589814
just the anime and the abridged series

also I forgot our character sheet:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17HaIOmLtT6mKhBf71pHVtX7pJ2RFquATuXMkigMd7KU/edit?usp=sharing

>>589783
You figure getting EXP and being stronger will probably help beat the boss in the Labyrinth, and just keep you alive in general, so you and Incog begin descending the huge staircase that leads down the CLIFF you are currently on.

As you reach the bottom, you realize there's a teleport station, and there's people using it, god damnit there goes your lead.

The two who are coming out now look like ninjas, but they sure as hell aren't silent and deadly.

"GET BACK HERE YOU BITCH, YOU'RE GONNA GIVE US THAT INFO OR YOU'RE FUCKIN DEAD MEAT!"

You look beyond them, and see a small figure running away from them, looking back at the ninjas, you realize they have orange indicators.

Ignore them
Help the Ninjas
Help the other person

>>589854
>help the other person
those weebs are PKers

>>589854
>Help the other person

PKK TIME GUYS

>>589854
Help the other person
Are we in a safe zone? If so sliding falcon kick!

>>589854
Punch the ninjas. Orange players shall not be tolerated.

>>589854
>Help the other person

>>589854
Oh hell no, not on your watch.

You jump in front of them, fists brandished.

"pfft, is the woofy gonna fight us? Does he think he's strong?" One of the ninjas says, making the second laugh

You pivot on one foot, launching your fist into his face

Roll 1d20!

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Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>589879
ORA

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>589879
ORAORA

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>>589885
>>589889

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>589879
Awoooo

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>589879
Wanpaaanchi

>>589897
RNGsus pls

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>>589901
he laughs at us

Might wanna link the thread on twitter, QM. Last i see is the "coming Soon" announcement.

Rolled 16, 10 = 26 (2d20)

>>589898
so close, and yet so far

>>589897
Your fist smashes into his face, but he seems unfazed by it, lashing out with his knife as the other one tries to circle around you!

"Incog I could use some backup here!" You growl

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>589913
You narrowly, NARROWLY dodge both of their knives as your girl comes in for the rescue, leaping onto the shoulders of one of the ninjas, cupping his chin, and slashing his neck with her knife!

>>589913
fugg :DDDDDD

>>589921
He falls to the ground, clutching the wound, his HP draining rapidly!

"Thank you kitty" you grin, spinning and punching the "ninja" behind you.

Roll 1d20!

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>589926
AHOOO!

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>589926
We need to let out a battle cry whenever we punch, it'll boost our rolls guaranteed.

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>589926
oh for fuck's sake

>>589927
This goes marginally better than your last fist, making him stagger... right into Incog's knife, wounding him severely. They're both unable to act now...

Leave Them
Kill Them

>>589942
>Leave Them
"STOP. FUCKING. KILLING PEOPLE!"

>>589942
>Leave Them
They aren't PKers yet.
Tell them if we see them with red markers we'll rip them apart with our teeth though.

>>589942
Their sim crystals weren't red, so we'll spare them this time.
>Leave them

>>589942
>extort, then leave

>>589942
>Leave Them

I know everyone is hyped for PKK but does Wolfman really have to dirty his hands?

>>589942
>leave them
>look if the small figure is there

>>589950
this

>>589950
3rding

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>>589953
>>589954
Red markers don't exist for players, just orange ones. Red ones are for monsters, which is part of the reason that despite only having orange crystals the real PKers are called red players or red guilds, because they're monsters.

>>589942
"STOP. FUCKING. KILLING PEOPLE!" You shout, kicking one of them in the stomach. "Come on Incog, let's go see if that person is alright"

You see them standing a little away from the battle wearing a brown cloak with the hood up. "Hey, you alright?" You call, getting closer.

"Yeah" she says "jus fine, what's it to you?"

"Hey, you have whiskers!" Incog shouts behind you "what's with those?"

"Well, since you saved my life, I guess I could show you how I got them in the beta, it's actually the same info those two were trying to get, but they wouldn't pay so I didn't tell them anything, they got mad, you know how it goes"

You nod along "Seems interesting, but how long is it going to take?"

"Long enough to cross the floor and climb a mountain or two, but given what I just saw, I think you'll find the reward satisfying"

You smile "and what did you see?"

"The only player stupid enough to use unarmed combat in a game called Sword Art Online"

Incog snickers "Told you ya should have gone with a big sword like everyone else"

"You say that like I need to compensate for something"

"Yeah, your piss poor fists"

"Hey, do not make me demonstrate my fisting skills"

And there she goes, you can practically see the steam coming out of her ears as her face starts to burn red. You grin and turn back to the other girl "So what's your name?"

"Hmm, I guess I'll give you two freebies, name's Argo, and you are?"

"...Sauska" you say carefully, you don't normally give that out to anyone, but it seems a fair trade, her name for yours, and not even your full one at that. As long as she doesn't find out about the rest of that embarrassment you should be okay.

"Wait, are you the one who howled at the end of the floor boss battle?"

You nod, and she slaps a hand to her forehead, laughing "That was amazing! You really have a knack for showmanship!"

"So... the whisker thing?"

"Hm? oh yeah, we should get going, follow me"

Please hold while OP writes even more character interaction

>>589942
Try and get loot without killing also isn't there a prison we can lock them in.

Also get full story.

>>590006
Damn those ninjas are full on weebs, they want to be ninja's and have whiskers, what is next try and steal Incog's cat ears.

When we have time they definitely go to the prison or basement or whatever we have.

>>590006
The three of you walk through valleys and over several mountains, defeating many a monster in your way, you level up to 7 at long last, as do your companions. You hold off on assigning points though, and you move at a rapid pace towards a distant mountain, taller than all the others on the floor. At the very top you can see what appears to be a house, but no one would actually live up there, right?

You reach the base of the mountain by dusk, and reach the peak by midnight.

"Okay" you huff, shivering, your chest frigid without anything to cover it "how does this explain how you got the whiskers?"

"Go talk to the NPC inside the hut, he's got a quest for you, and that will show you how I got these"

You nod, and she turns to leave.

Ask her to wait
Let her go and deal with the quest

>>590036
As there are only 2 stats do Agility and Strength cover other things?

Like does strength also cover vitality ?

>>590036
>Ask her to wait
Thanks for the help. You got anyone watching your back out there? We got a good hidey-hole with amenities and look out for each other. Maybe we can start a guild

>>590036
Deal with quest.
If Incog can't help with the quest tell her to do something productive on her own.

>>590042
there are hidden stats that can only be increased by items, and the same goes for Max Health, you can find a chestplate that increases your max Health by X amount or a god damn hat that increases your CHA by 50 or what have you, but as far as you guys are concerned there are only two stats you can spend points on.

>>590058
We need to find that hat

Still waiting on a decision

>>590073
We just need to get one of our group to marry the person with the hat for shared inventory then we can take it when he dies in a few months.

>>590048
Changing vote to >>590044

Eh, fuck it

>Ask her to wait

>>590036
>Ask her to wait

>>590036
"Hold up" you call

"Hm? What is it?"

"Thank you for the help, are you solo right now? We have a good base of operations, plenty of supplies, we could look out for each other"

"Are you asking me to join your guild?"

"...not really a guild, could be though, got the base for it"

She thinks about it

"what kind of supplies are we talking"

"It has it's own telepor pa-"

"Sold, count me in"

Wow, fast travel means a lot in this game huh. You send her a party invite and configure your base so she has access just like Incog and you. "There you go, Teleport callsign is "The Den""

She smiles "Thanks, this is going to help the whole game more than you realize" and then she teleports out.

Huh, that went better than you expected, you turn and see Incog frowning at you.

"What?"

"Inviting another lady over to our home?"

"...I honestly didn't think it'd be an issue with you, she's a beta tester, so she knows more about the game than us, she showed us this, maybe she can show us some other stuff we could use"

"Fair enough, I just thought that was our special place, you know?"

"Well, it is clearly designed to be used as a Guild's base of operations"

"Yeah, I guess, whatever let's get this quest, must be important for you right?"

"No idea, let's see"

You step into the small hut and see an old man standing there with his hands behind his back "hello young ones, have you come to master martial arts?"

Martial Arts, holy shit this is EXACTLY what you need.

"Yes, sir, that's exactly what we're here for"

"Then you're in the right place, come, I must test you before I teach you"

He takes the two of you out to a space with several huge boulders spaced out evenly in a circle, he touches one with his finger.

"You, big un, this is yours, you must break this with only your hands before I can teach you... and this one" he points to another "is yours, young lady"

You face the rock, giving it a light tap, noting that it's not an immortal object.

"this is it?"

He nods "It is more difficult than you might think" he says, pulling out a container with some black substance inside of it. He dips his fingers in it "come here young lady, this is your mark" He puts the whiskers you saw Argo with onto her, and then turns to you "Please, lift your mask lad"

You do, and he marks you.

"Those marks will not come off until you have completed my test, you may begin"

You turn to the rock face.

It's time.

Roll 1d20, best of 5

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Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>590139
ORA

Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>590139
GIMME GIMME GIMME
SWEEP THE LEG!

>>590145
oh god damnit

>>590145
fucking wew

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>590139
ORRAAAAA!

>>590153
Quick! Roll something, get a 20 to cancel it!

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>590139
ONE

>>590145
>>590158
Top wew.

Rolled 4 (1d20)

welp im probably late

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>>590158
>>590145
Oh for fuck's sake

>>590141
Your fist fucking SMASHES into the rock, and you see little cracks forming, but it's not enough, you need more, MOAR POWER! You punch it again, and again, and again, trying to break it. You spend a whole hour punching until you have to take a break, and then you get right back to it!

Roll 1d20 until you get 20, each roll is another hour of punching!

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>590178
I said, ONE

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>590178
REDEMPTION~!

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>590178

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>590178
Here goes nothing

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>590178

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>590178
Prease RNGEESUS-sama-sempai.

>>590178

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>590178
And roll again!

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>590178
OPM DO YOUR THING

>>590192
Praise Jesus

>>590192
>>590194
bruh

>>590199
And his sidekick
>>590194

>>590194
>>590192
rock status: btfo

>>590192
>>590194
Wew.

>>590200
Now if Jesus tells me to kill anybody I would do it in a heart beat.

Dice for the Dice God.

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>>590194

>>590192
>>590194
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TUTJ0klnKk

On the 6th consecutive hour, you try something new, you draw back a few steps and RUN into your punch, using the full weight of your body to try and smash the rock.

The sound of the earth crumbling could be heard for miles around... for everyone except you, because Kayaba had been watching you apparently and...

HERO

yeah that.

You collapse onto the ground, grinning like a fool. You had done it. The old man is soon standing over you, smiling. The whiskers fade without any aid, and you sit up as he sits down across from you. He puts his hands together and bows, and a menu pops up, asking if you want to learn <<Martial Arts>>

You select yes obviously, but which skill to replace?

Replace Howl
Replace Blacksmithing
Replace Leatherworking

>>590036
the document stats are still at lvl 6

>>590237
Hmm... Screw leatherworking.

>Replace leather-working

>>590248
Heh

>>590237
Replace howl, we can do with out it for now.

>>590237
>Replace Leatherworking

>>590237
Replace Leatherworking

>>590237
Don't we need Leatherwork to fix our mask?
>Replace Howl

>>590237
Replace Leatherworking
for now until 12 when we get that other slot opened

>>590266
durability goes up over time i think QM said.

>>590237
>leatherworking
we need the howl

>>590237
martial arts is necessary to fight
blacksmithing isnt because we dont have swords, inco should learn that
leatherworking is good for the clothes that keep dying

>>590273
We got the items repaired in the month of grinding I guess, still if we can get other people to repair our stuff then we can do without leatherworking.

>>590282
weaponsmithing and blacksmithing is a different thing

blacksmithing is armor

>>590237
replace leatherworking

Sorry about the delay!

>>590237
You suppose you can go without the leatherworking for a while. You swap it out, smiling to yourself as you look over at Incog, who is... having trouble to say the least.

"You really need the skill? You've got a big knife"

She huffs "I guess I could just abandon the quest... but then I'm stuck with these whiskers!"

You grin "and that's exactly why I want you to do that, because that's adorable"

"Shut up, just because you've got a furry fe- NEVERMIND!"

...Did clearing the floor reset her or something? She hasn't gotten flustered twice in one day for the past two weeks!

"Well, uh, okay, whatever you decide, we have to keep moving, we've really spent too long here as is, we need to either get grinding or get to mapping the labyrinth"

"Alright, but uh, we haven't slept in a whole day" she says, pointing behind you, you turn and see the rising sun. Shit.

"Right, yeah we might want to head back to base... hmm"

Return home
Go Questing
Go to the Labyrinth

>>590401
>Return home
Get rested xp for questing

>>590401
>Return home

>>590401
>return home
Let's see if Argo is there, and mercilessly tease Incog accordingly

>>590401
>Return home
Eat. Sleep. Powerlevel.
Gotta rest once in a while.

>>590401
>Return home
>Tease the whiskers

>>590401
>Return home

Gotta get that sleep bonus

>>590401
>Return home
>Tease Incog

>>590401
Go home, tease catgirl and get a good sleep

Taking a quick lunch break, will return shortly.

>>590401
>Return home
>incog will pay the blood price of one hundred pettings

>>590401
Return home

>>590401
>Return home

>>590401
>return home
>awkward conversation about the time with one bed

>>590401
You pull out a Teleport Crystal "Let's go home"

She pulls one out as well and nods, you hold them high in the air.

Teleport The Den!

You appear next to each other on the platform, and find your home being invaded by a fox girl.

Obviously this is an exaggeration, but there is most certainly an Argo raiding your pantry.

"Wher did you gus git all dis gud fud!?" She asks through a full mouth.

"...She made it" you point to Incog "and if that's the loaf of bread I think it is, Kayaba himself is still shaking from the screams of rage it took to make"

She looks at it, swallows, and looks back up "Why?"

"As it turns out, there's a low chance of spawning fire elementals while you're cooking" Incog explains "I... had some poor luck while leveling my skill"

Argo snorts "seriously? That's something I think people would like to know" She pulls out a little notebook and scribbles the information down "anything else you can tell me about the skill?"

"Yeah, it gets a lot worse once you start trying to heat anything up, work on cold stuff until you're at least level 25 with the skill"

The three of you soon find yourselves in the living room, munching on food and watching the real world news related to the game.

"We have confirmation that just yesterday players cleared the first of one hundred floors, it has taken them one month to do so, and many are worried that the players bodies will fail before they are able to clear the hundredth, but an MMO expert..."

You tune it out, just more bullcrap about how players will start getting gud, despite the fact that that wasn't even the real problem.

"So, what's with the wolf theme?" Argo asks

You chuckle "Started with the helmet and a bunch of wolf pelts, then my clothes ran out of durability and I had to cover up with just the pelts, and now here we are"

"Really? And why do you wear the mask still, haven't you found a better helmet by now?"

"Upgraded it as much as I could" you say "When I find a better mask that fits the theme -or make one of my own, whichever comes first- I'll switch"

"If I find a wolf related drop, I'll let you know"

"Thanks"

And then you all sat quietly until sleep overtook you.

>>590572
>Beta and Omega females acquired.

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>>590572
She wrote the guide then? Neat

>>590572
Two Days Later

"So what you're saying is this boss is a load of bullcrap we shouldn't have to fight?" You smirk

CARLOS!

The soundclip came from above.

Urge to kill Kayaba rising.

Everyone looks around confused for a hot second, and then turns back to you "yeah basically" Diaval says "this is blocking the way to the actual Labyrinth, and from what we can tell it's got a really, really dumb attack pattern, it charges, it turns, it charges. It'd be piss to beat if it wasn't so fast, but because it is we need someone to keep it from moving until it's dead."

"and you chose me, the only guy who doesn't use a weapon"

"...yeah, we were hoping you could like grapple it or some shit"

"I'll see what I can do"

You turn from the deployed table to look down the valley, where you can see the beast guarding a narrow entrance. Apparently a full fifth of the map was behind the bull, and the Labyrinth was in that area. Irritating.

You step up to it, Incog at your side, Argo was off doing some quests. You hold Incog back "You gotta attack it, if you're in front with me your not doing as much damage"

She nods, and goes to join one of the flanking groups.

You step into the mini-boss's trigger zone, and get ready to hurt.

Roll 1d20, best of three!

Rolled 6 (1d20)

alright let's get our memes out

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>590673

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>590673

Rolled 16 (1d20)

FULL NELSON

>>590693

17 is not bad.

Feel like we should spam STR from now on so we can do crazy shit like grabbing someone's sword and beating them senseless.

>>590704
We would still need a fair bit of AGI so we don't end up as shish kebab

>>590704
Nah ain't worth full STR investment to do party tricks.

>>590713
>>590711

I was thinking grapple lock down. Bad example.

>>590693
You grab one of the bulls four horns as it gets close, sidestepping the beast charge, pulling on it and bringing it to the ground. Given it was twice your size, you were forced to activate a combat skill to pull it off, but you had access to those now, so it wasn't a big deal!

The flanking groups run up and start hacking and stabbing at it as you struggle to hold it down.

Roll 1d20!

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>590728

Rolled 15 (1d20)

hang on let me find some alcohol

>>590721
Still strong balance is important there are times when brute strength work and times where running as fast as possible work.

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>590728

LEzgo

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>590728

>>590740
Putting your full weight on the beast keeps it down!

It's back legs start flailing though, and now it's got those under it, it just got a whole lot tougher to keep still!

Roll 1d20!

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>590752

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>590752

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>590752

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>590752

Alpha roll to make it our new mount?

Jk though. With horned animals you are supposed to put your knee on the neck not hold an antler that could break off and leave (three) antlers to gouge at you.

With an 18 can we get a better hold on it?

I wonder if we an attach the horns to our helmet?

>>590775
Well taming IS a legit thing.

>>590775
Welcome to SAO, enjoy your stay in bad logic land

>>590754
You stomp on it's snout, putting your full weight on your foot, it stops struggling, and then it dies, leaving you stumbling a bit without your footing.

"Holy shit, he literally held something twice his size down with his bare hands!"

You turn and see a few livestream cameras.

Howl
Be normal

>>590793

> Howl

We have to live the gimmick Brother.

>Howl
Obvious choice

>>590793
>Howl

>>590793
>Howl
Beat hands against chest while we do so.

Howl. Ok, what about exp and loot?

>>590793
Roll 1d20 to howl, best of three!

>>590793
wave like a normal man
Just kidding, howl

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>590807

>>590793
>BEAR HANDS

OH GOD NO. WE HAVE BECOME A FURRY.

>HOWL AND REPENT

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>590807

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>590807

>>590811
Somebody better piss their pants

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>590807

>>590818
Incog about near "wet" her pants on a 16, this one is near perfect

I'm rolling nothing but 18s today.

>>590823
>20
>Kitty enters heat on livestream

Who would win in a fight, Kirito who is good at MMOs or his sister who is still good at Kendo?

>>590880
You forget that Kirito is the reason Suguha picked up Kendo.

>>590880
Well in the anime, he almost kicks her ass after getting some food in him sense he'd been welding his sword's the entire time in the game with him feeling its weight and shit.

I'd say him

>>590880
Kirito because he's fucking kirito.

>>590894
Kirito dropped Kendo for gaming though.

>>590880
Kirito, who has literally been fighting for his life every single day for two years straight, sure his style isn't standard and his body's kinda shit in the real world, but when you've stayed alive for that long there's gotta be something there.

>>590811
"AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" You cry into the sky, grinning under your mask before running head long through the entrance that just opened up, keeping the battle report hidden for now. Incog follows shortly afterwards, her smile much more visible than yours.

When you're out of sight you open up the report and your character sheet.

Battle Ended!

Loot Obtained!
>5000 EXP
Last Hit Bonus!
Horn of the Bullbous Cow

Huh, you didn't realize you got the last hit, guess your foot was dealing constant damage or something.

You had leveled up twice in the past two days, and now that the labyrinth was open you could get up to level 12 much easier. You look at Incog "Ready to navigate a fucking horrible maze?"

She nods "Got food, campfires, bedrolls, crystals, we'll be good for at least a week before we have to leave"

Good.

>>590926
go left
go left
go left
go left
go left
rinse and repeat til done

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>>590940
This is a part of the maze, now what do you do?

>>590926
another 4/2 AGI/STR spread gets us to 14/10. Seems good to me.

>>590953
Go left

>>590940
>>590953
seems legit

>>590953
Can we roll for just kinda wandering into the right place while walking aimlessly?

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>>590953

In an effort to be able to grapple everything in the game I am going to push for All STR

>>590965
AGI a shit. It would be way more fun to be a STR character instead of powergaming

Where are we at?

>>590926
>>590977
I will support you in this.
All STR!

>>590977
We held down so, ething twice our size, I don't think we need anymore STR to grapple shit into the ground. Let's keep up the 2:1 Agi:Str ratio, it's been working great so far.

a certain level of agi must be maintained to actually hit anything though, so 4 str 2 agi.

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>>590974
Now what.

In all seriousness I'm not going to be mapping the dungeon, but this is kinda fun.

THE FIST THAT PUNCHES THE HEAVENS!

>>591003
go back and head through the door to the north

https://youtu.be/-leYc4oC83E?t=39s

>>591003
Can Incog use Aerial skill to navigate the maze better?

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>>591003

>>591003
what does our new item do?

>>591018

Don't know what this is but I'm watching it.

>>591018
Seconding this

>>590974
It's not always turn left, it's stick to the right/left wall.

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>>591034
And of course we are doing a handstand to turn left out of there.

>>591034
>had to make a right turn
failure.

>>590926
Five Days Later

You smash a minotaur's crotch with your fist, cringing under your mask at the horrific squelch sound it makes. It shatters into shards soon afterwards, leaving you nothing but EXP as usual.

Oh SHIT level 12!

You grin, finally time to sit down and assign points. You run back to the safe zone you and Incog had found. Argo was there too, scribbling in her book, you think she's drawing an actual map but you can't tell.

"Find something?" Incog asks, cooking something in a pot over the fire.

"Level 12" You grin, putting Leatherworking back into your active slots.

You sit down and ponder for a moment, 18 points, what to do, what to do

Assign Points

>>591052
Also mention that the maze would have been a lot better if he just stole from Etrian Odyssey like he did with WoW.

>>591066
>STG, EVERYTHING INTO STG

WE DON'T NEED DODGING IF WE CAN WITHSTAND HIS FISTS. or break our enemies fist.

>>591066

ALL STRENGTH! WE ARE GOING TO POWERBOMB BOSSES!

>>591066
All in strength

>>591066
3/5th AGI
2/5th STR

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>>591066
>failure.
Ha, you were thinking two dimensionally. You have a two-dimensional mind.

>>591076
>>591078
THIS BOYS
STOP WHEN WE CAN SUPLEX A TRAIN

>>591066
All into Strength!

>>591066
8 AGI, 4 STR, leave rest of points for emergency situation

>>591084
changing vote
all in STR
We're fucking Wolfman we going to rip the next boss in half

>>591066
10/8 AGI/STR
Doubles over our current stats

>>591066
>>591096
Changing to 12 in STR, save the rest of the points for later.

>>591105
This.

>>591102
That would require hitting the boss first, and wait how much more agile will the boss be?

>>591122
Well since most bosses are giant monsters.

It's not exactly a hard hit.

>>591122

Bosses in SAO always tend to be big dark souls motherfuckers instead of dodgy.

For now we can getaway with goin nuts in STR. When we start hunting players then it's time to diversify our portfolio.

>>591105
this is good.

Plus if we don't upgrade AGI we will be slowing our ninja friend Incog down by a lot.

>>591138
And?

>>591105

>>591145
Do you want to clear the game in a year or ten years?

>>591161
A year just means ALL IN MUSCLE MASS.

>>591166

Salt, I'm glad you see the benefits of All ATR All the time.

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>>591161
Well, if we get hit once when we're super fast, it'll be like a watermelon thrown off a tower, or up it, as it were.

GG get ready for butt rape and at least save some attribute points so we can change our build when we see how ineffective pure strength is

>>591179
STR doesn't boost Defense either according to the GM so that is a moot point.

>>591161
Why don't we just jump from place to place to keep up with her? Jumping everywhere's what I do in every MMO.

>>591201
You just like the tutorial NPC now, don't you?

>>591076
>>591078
>>591083
>>591102
Oh shit I wasn't expecting this.

>>591066
You're a martial arts user, you're the WOLFMAN, you don't need any more AGI for your level. You dump all your points into STR.

"Hey guys!" Diaval calls, coming down a hallway you hadn't looked at personally yet "Found the boss room!"

You stand up. "Seriously?"

He nods "Yep, gonna make some rounds and gather everyone up here since it's the closest safe zone to the room, don't need a scouting party since I got a good look at it, it's the same as the guide says it was in the beta" He nods to Argo "thanks for that by the way, makes this a hell of a lot easier"

"Not a problem, I want out of this game just like everyone else"

You smile "so, where's everyone else?"

"Being idiots probably, I know Kirito is waiting outside the boss room doors, keeping the path clear for us, everyone else is probably scattered in pockets, you wanna wait or do you wanna help lead everyone here?"

Wait Here
Help round up the clearers

>all these people not wanting to go ham
baka senpai

>>591209
>Help round up the clearers
we can just howl any encounters while searching for them since we've hit the level cap on this floor.

>>591209
>Help round up the clearers

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>>591209
>Help round up the clearers

>>591178
ONLY WOMEN DON'T WANT TO PUNCH THROUGH MOUNTAINS.

>>591209
>wait here

Not our fault if they die and we aren't losing our last hit chance on the girlyman.

>>591209

>Wait here


Can we catch up with Diaval. I'd like to chat with him/ recruit him into our burgeoning guild.

>>591209
Help round up the clearers

well at least we have incog to cover the agi role, she can work on imobilizing techniques so we can actually hit shit with her help, or just drive the enemies into us where they get blown to shards.

>>591254

Synergy.

She sets them up, we knock them down or miles away.

Throwing this out there since it's only been stated in the Discord so far: after level 20 we no longer get 3 points per level. We only get 1.

>>591279


That sucks. Gotta get our STR up super high so we can focus on Agi after 20.

>>591279
This is correct, found it on the wiki as one of the only explanations as to why Kirito wasn't able to carry his Elucidator when he first got it, despite being the highest leveled character in the game.

>>591209
You sigh reluctantly "I'll help gather up the others"

Roll 1d20 (best of three) to collect people!

>>591287
I'll agree to that, though maybe by that point we can make stat boosting gear?

>>591279
Thats super gay, Fuck is the level cap?

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>591305

>All into STR

It's gonna be one of those builds. Fuck

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>591305
let's howl to let people find us by sound

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>591305

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>591305
Roll

>>591310
I was gonna roll, then you happened.

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>591305

I'll roll even though we nat 20'd.

hopefully I roll 18 again.

>>591310
Found em, and maybe some more.

>>591310
We are truly a beast, we sniffed out the entire raid group.

>>591310
Follow your nose, bitch!

>>591310
sweet roll anon.

>>591332
Thank you. I feel redeemed from this
>>590145

>>591310
Wolfman does it again

>>591339

It's okay man, we still love you.

>>591312
>muh quality build
so boring

>>591312
I'm not even sure what an all STR build would do besides One-punch everything to death and even then I doubt we'd hit that.

>>591359
>Implying dumping everything into one stat isn't boring

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>>591376
One-punching everything is stupid, we're gonna wrestle.

>>591381
We have AGI, have you not read the other threads beside this one?

well, it's not like we have equipment requirements really... I mean we're still using the leather gauntlets we made yeah? I think str was really only for damage and meeting equip reqs, guess we need to make heavy duty gauntlets then to make the investment worth while.

>>591376
>>591381
>>591390
We can do sick grapples though.
Grab to hold still then whale on them.

We have 24 more mass points to spend before the Great Trickle ensues. I'd like to put a plan down to get AGI up to at least 20 in that time, if not 25. So 10 to 15 more points.

I will also state that I prefer a more AGI based build but we kinda jump into the rabbit hole already.

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>>591400

>>591390
AGI is getting dumped, we won't hit anything when we get to the higher floors.

Also we are more capable or wrestling if we have a balanced STR=AGI build.

>>591390
I've been here since the second thread. I still think maxing out STR isn't the best move. But, the people have spoken, so I don't really give a shit moving forward

>>591403

I can support AGI to 20 and then start relying on STR from then on.

I really want us to just need 1 hit to end any encounter.

>>591411
All Tabletops and MMOs I've played use STR to keep someone in a Grapple.

>>591411
>>591413
Vote for AGI next time, that's all you can do.

>>591403
we have 26 str now, and 10 agi, bringing agi up to 20 over the next 4 levels would be good (10 agi, 2 str). that leaves us at 28/20 with 12 points before the Great Trickle.

>>591411
Martial arts aren't just wrestling

>>591420
I can get behind that, get some ago so we're not completely slowpoke.

>>591420
>want to end the fight in one hit
you do realize that fists don't penetrate armor or shields very well, right?

>>591432
not unless we make gauntlets with armor piercing properties, and we are using gauntlets albeit the meh leather ones we made back in thread 1.

>>591420
This is based on reality you can't grapple someone from 30 feet away.

I will at least get behind the AGI to 20 plan.

>>591432
We'll get bladed/spiked knucks or something of the like at some point.

>>591438

I'm on that plan too.

So 20 is our stop point on AGI.

From then on it's the fists that will pierce the heavens.

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>>591310
"AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" You call out, and people come running to the safe zone.

10

20

30

60 fucking people are crowded around your campfire now.

God Damnit.

Incog makes some space, scooping up the fire and replacing it with a table+oil lamp. Argo spreads her map over the table and Diavel helps her get the last bit in, marking the boss room and your current location.

"Alright, so we all know what we're fighting, right?" You say to get things started.

"Baran the General Taurus" Diaval and Argo say at the same time, then blink.

"Okay, what's his deal?"

"The main threat is his AOE stun ability. So..."

"Rule three of a raid: if the boss does the thing, get the fuck out of the way" You finish, "now what's the thing look like?"

"Gold dust, gold dust everywhere, he slams his hammer onto the ground to spawn it and you've got about a second to get out of the way, hope you're fast"

...God Damnit.

"And if we're not?" Kibaou asks the question for you.

"You get stunned for three seconds, if you get hit with the power again, you get paralyzed for up to a full minute"

Jesus christ.

"Okay, so is it just 'back the fuck up' or can we like, jump over it?"

"Back the fuck up"

You and several other STR-inclined players sigh.

"We got antidote crystals?"

"I've got a stock, been saving them, got about 200 now, can distribute at your leisure" Some mook says

"Let's get that dealt with before we go in then"

"Anything else?"

"Don't get hit by the fucking hammer, it's huge, it'll send you flying, it's lethal, I don't want anyone dying"

"Alright, so that's the boss, what's our plan of attack?"

"Well..." Diaval looks around, then looks at you and Kibaou "Boss didn't have any minions, so I say we set up a 3 group flank, switch out and heal as needed, we have the men"

"Whole group switch or half group?"

"Whole group, keep a cycle, frontal group goes to the back and then takes a break, rinse and repeat"

"Who's leading?"

He points to himself, then to Kibaou, then to you "Me, Kibaou... holy shit I don't think any of us know your name so I'm just gonna call you Wolf-Man"

You nod "I'd prefer that honestly, I fucked up with my actual name in this game"

"Alright, everyone find a leader and party up with them!"

You sigh, and deal with all the menus of party invites.

When everyone is ready and every party has a team of "healers" who will be focusing on using the crystals to keep the worst off of the main attackers, you march down to the boss door, where Kirito is waiting "Which party needs an extra guy?" He asks, and Kibaou raises his hand, tossing the not-so-black-swordsman an invite. "Alright, I'll figure it out from here"

"We ready?" Diaval asks

"Hell yeah" you say, raising your fist "TIME TO KICK SOME ASS!"

You open the doors personally, revealing the boss!

>>591438
>grapple form 30 feet away
huh... there was a japanese martial art involving ropes... can't remember the name but we have the martial arts skill so we might be able to get that for ranged grapples...

>>591426
Yes I do realise that, just anon stated wrestling and I used his example, and it doesn't change the fact that it is better to have some agility to do martial arts.

>>591449
guess we shoulda invested a bit in AGI after all

Can we throw AGI players onto the boss?

>>591464
fast ball special?
might make for a nice combo attack with incog

>>590896
That's utterly fucking retarded.
Two years functionally comatose in a hospital bed would mean ridiculous amounts of muscle decay.
Fucker should have needed physical therapy just to fucking walk again.

Here's a stupid as fuck idea: can be punch and break the boss' weapon?

I say its a stupid idea in that it might not actually work and if it does, it would change the whole fight from known to unknown

>>591462
All's not lost, he has big chain around his neck, and we have high STR.

>>591481
i vote for this
we haven't done any game breaking shit yet, this should be the first

>>591481
I say we try to wrestle the hammer away after jumping over the shockwave that'll happen from it hitting the ground. I don't think we'd actually get the hammer, but maybe distract him, or even get to climb onto his hammer and jump over to the chain around his neck.

>>591480
I think he'd had about 2 months worth of just that when he fought her in the anime. not that it really matters cause he's fucking kirito and he's bullshit by nature.

>>591488

Operation: Drop the Hammer

I'm in.