New Job | Magitek Resolution

[melodiesmods]

Hello dear players, two important things in this announcement. Firstly, the Crystal in Jessie's letter will grant a new Job to all characters. It is a special Job that works differently from all others, so be careful if you chose to equip your character with it. Secondly, we are offering a resolution regarding the Magitek Event for those who want one. You can chose to handwave the end of the threads if your team didn't complete it yet and we will give you a summary of what happened depending on your characters' choices. If you'd rather not, we can continue backtagging into infinity.

1/ New Job

BLUE MAGE A new Job born from Jessie's researches. It is a blank Job with no skills and that lacks any stats boosts or decreases, much like the Freelancer Job. But this doesn't mean this Job is useless, quite at the contrary. Rather than progress on a monthly basis, new skills are learnt by fighting monsters. Characters who are hit by certain attacks can then use them again at their heart's content-- So long as they survive and finish off the monster who taught them said attack, of course. Strengths: This Job can be entirely customized. Characters equipping it can learn seven different skills (eight after a year), and if they know what they're doing the skills will be specifically what they need. They may not know how to get specific skills, but they can study to know what monsters are likely to give what skill. Weaknesses: To learn an attack, characters mustn't just be hit by said attack: they must survive it and defeat the monster who cast the attack. It may prove to be problematic with Malboros and Hamsters... It is also possible to learn skills by accident, and they cannot be forgotten. Learning Splash would be a shame.

Geezard	Splash	Moves around and does nothing.
Bomb	Self-Destruct	Self-destructs and dies, but inflicts severe damages (all enemies).
Buer	Off-Guard	Halves the defense of an enemy.
Cactuar	1000 Needles	Inflicts serious damages to an enemy.
Cockatrice	Stone Touch	Has a 50% chance of turning an enemy into stone.
Chimera	Aqua Breath	Casts a mid-water spell on all enemies.
Ettin Snake	Entangle	Weak attack, but 50% chance of paralyzing the enemy.
Gargoyle	Lv. 4 Death	Has a 25% chance of killing all enemies.
Goblin	Goblin Punch	Attack an enemy with a slightly above average attack.
Malboro	Bad Breath	Inflicts Poison, Confuse, Sleep, Silence, Frog, Small (all enemies).
Mandragora	Slow Dance	Halves the speed of an enemy.
Medusa	Roulette	Randomly kills an enemy or an ally.
Mimic	Vanish	Vanish from battle.
Ochu	Ochu Dance	Inflicts the paralysis and confuse ailments (all enemies)
Sahagin	Mighty Guard	Double the speed, magical & physical defenses of all allies.
Seeker Bat	Bite	Bites an enemy with a weak attack.
Skeleton	Magic Hammer	Drains the mental energy of an enemy.
Fire Elemental	Fire Breath	Casts a fire breath on an enemy.
Th. Elemental	Trine	Casts a thunder attack (all enemies).
Tonberry	Karma	Deals to the enemy the double of damages he inflicted you in total.
Touch Me	Frog Song	Turns the enemy into a frog. 50% chance to put them to sleep.
Zombie	Zombie Bite	Makes an enemy weak to healing magic and items.
Wyvern	White Wind	Heals minor wounds (all allies)
Hamster	C'mon Hamsters!	Summons an army of deadly and poisonous hamsters to trample and annihilate all enemies.

As you can see, Blue Mage is a very special Job in that it doesn't level up month after month. Instead, characters have to fight monsters and be hit by certain attacks to learn new skills. You can see how tough the monsters are and where to find them here.

There is no existing list of what monsters give what skills, as it is a brand new Job. Studying in the library however, characters may find enough information about monsters to get an idea as to what skills they are likely to obtain this way. We will not regulate the pace at which skills are learned, but please be realistic: it is unlikely for a character to learn all seven skills in a month two. One or two, maybe three skills a month are much more reasonable. Furthermore, some monsters such as Malboro will require experimented teams to be defeated, while others like Cactuars need to be reached with a ship: getting actual good skills isn't as easy at it looks. Oh and for hamsters: mods have to be notified if ever an attempt to take one down is made. Odds of success are incredibly low.


2/ Magitek Resolution
While a few teams are done or nearly with the Magitek Event, others are not. We offer you to handwave the ending of ongoing threads and give you a summary here about what happened if you'd rather move on from the event. The event has slowed down and it's been long enough that characters may need a resolution for this event. If not, we will keep backtagging the thread.

If you want to handwave and have a summary, please comment in the Magitek Thread for you and your group. Make sure teammates agree before asking for a resolution.

Comments

[melodiesmods]

Ales could make a weapon, but in the allotted time he wouldn't be able to make something that would do enough significant damages to the robot. Upon running away, the machine will pursue them in a matter of minute after it self-repaired. Because the machines has sensors and can easilly smash walls, there is no efficient hiding place in the facility.

Before being caught back by the machine though, they'll encounter Biggs. He'll be tired and wounded due to having faced a hoard of smaller robots, but he may still be of help. Will they:

> Ignore him
> Talk to him and be rude / douche / whatever
> Talk to him and be actually polite

[umslay]

Ales would take the polite route, being glad to see someone they know alive and apparently having the ability to fight against the robots. Also he'd panic a little and say that a giant robot was after them and it's invincible.

[needsteaplz]

Saori will also take the polite route and give him her last potion to get his health back up. She maybe tempted to hold back the robot by herself but she won't do something that reckless just yet. If push comes to shove though, she'll be the main physical damage giver.

[melodiesmods]

Being polite to him, Biggs will explain to them that he believes the robot pursuing them may be an Imperial weapon they brought here in order to study it and hopefully find a way to destroy those wrecking chaos on the battlefield. He'll mention engineers were working on an experimental weapon to fight it before the facility was closed and it still should be somewhere on the second floor.

By the time he's done saying that, the robot will have caught up on them and will attack them all once again. Biggs will help them fight it, and they can chose to:

> All fight it
> Leave Biggs fight it alone and run away
> Split up and have some help Biggs and some run away
> Anything else

[umslay]

If no one is running away, Ales will remain with Biggs since wow! Engineers and a guy who might know the secret to fighting this thing! He'll remain in the back and build something sharp enough to fight the robot.

If it's defeated he'll want to ask Biggs about the history of Magitek and the creation of those robots.

[headfons]

(Okay I KNOW I clicked for notif alerts...)

Luke does still have his shield. Gaara should still have the bag of items? Annnnd...Luke will stay and fight alongside Biggs. He will thank him for the information and the help, too.