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- Job Details:
- Job Title: Wanted! Kayson Warheez
Rank: A
Job Location: Clover Town
Solo Word Count: 10,000 Words minimum
Group Word Count: 14,000 Words minimum
Additional Requirements: At least 1 A-Rank mage must be in the party. Up to four mages maximum. Mages can be of any alignment. Players must stop Kayson Warheez and present Kayson's mask as proof to Clover Town officials to complete the job. An optional objective is to recover journals in the camp and offer them to town officials as proof. Players must encounter at least eight Mobs. They can roll the dice or choose encounters themselves.
Job Description: Clover Town has reported that a group of teenagers visited Camp Azure Lake on a dare; out of the eight, only two returned alive. They claim that a masked man attacked and killed the group. Local legend has it that Azure Lake is haunted by Kayson Warheez, an infamous serial killer who once killed the entire roster of camp counselors in an evening of bloodlust before vanishing. Your job is to search for clues concerning the camp and stop the sinister activity.
Enemies:
Enemy Name: Creepy Whispering
Enemy Description: While traveling through the camp, mages may hear creepy whispering. It sounds something like "Key key key... ha ha ha. Key key key... ha ha ha." While it inflicts no physical damage, it may become unnerving... or annoying, depending on one's state of mind at the time.
Enemy Rank: Weak
Enemy HP: 5
Enemy MP: 0
Enemy Melee Damage: 0
Enemy Spell Damage: 0
Enemy Speed: N/A
Enemy Name: Creepy Laughter
Enemy Description: Around the lake, mages may hear laughter. It does no physical harm, but it can be alarming. Why is there laughing?
Enemy Rank: Weak
Enemy HP: 5
Enemy MP: 0
Enemy Melee Damage: 0
Enemy Spell Damage: 0
Enemy Speed: N/A
Enemy Name: Loud Shrieking
Enemy Description: When exploring the buildings in the camp, mages may hear loud shrieking cut off by the sound of metal meeting flesh. Again, it inflicts no physical damage, but it can become unnerving.
Enemy Rank: Normal
Enemy HP: 5
Enemy MP: 0
Enemy Melee Damage: 0
Enemy Spell Damage: 0
Enemy Speed: N/A
Enemy Name: Call For Help
Enemy Description: Around the lake, mages may hear screaming for help. The tone sounds like a young child and splashing may be heard. Depending on the mage, they may feel sadness, experience an overwhelming feeling of helplessness, or not react at all. Can the splashing be connected to the events at the camp in some way?
Enemy Rank: Normal
Enemy HP: 5
Enemy MP: 0
Enemy Melee Damage: 0
Enemy Spell Damage: 0
Enemy Speed: N/A
Enemy Name: Spectral Counselors x4
Enemy Description: Often encountered in the camp's buildings, these beings are the specters of the camp's former counselors whose careers and lives were cut short by Kayson Warheez. These blue ghosts attempt to verbally warn visitors away but sometimes end up frightening them into the arms of Kayson instead. Their hands are cold and inflict Ice damage to anyone they grip. They may also pull mages around in an effort to get them to leave, but a single spell can dissipate them.
Enemy Rank: Strong
Enemy HP: 30
Enemy MP: 0
Enemy Melee Damage: 30 HP per touch, may also inflict numbness
Enemy Spell Damage: 0
Enemy Speed: Half C-Rank Speed
Enemy Name: Sadistic Spectral Counselors x4
Enemy Description: Much like their normal counterparts, these spirits are former camp counselors who ended up dead. Unlike their normal counterparts, these spirits mean harm to any and all living beings. Often found around the lake, they sometimes appear in camp buildings. If they grab a player, the player feels a sense of numbness as they are dragged towards the lake. If they cannot break free or if teammates cannot help them, they are thrown into the camp's lake. If the mage can swim, they can easily get out of trouble, though the ghosts are usually waiting for them on the shore. If they cannot swim, then it is best to hope that teammates can rescue them.
Enemy Rank: Strong
Enemy HP: 90
Enemy MP: 0
Enemy Melee Damage: 60 HP per touch, may also inflict numbness. 30 HP dragging damage per turn the player is dragged towards the lake. 80 HP damage due to the shock of being thrown in the cold water.
Enemy Spell Damage: 0
Enemy Speed: C-Rank Speed
Enemy Name: Kayson Warheez
Enemy Description: The man, the myth, the legend. He may be shrouded in myth, but his machete is very real. Standing 6' 4" tall and weighing 300 lbs., Kayson wears a navy blue jumpsuit with brown shoes and a distinctive white hockey mask that hides his facial features and eye color. He wields his bloodstained machete with authority and can move surprisingly fast for his height and bulk. He is also surprisingly tough, so be ready for a fight!
Enemy Rank: Boss
Enemy HP: 1,000 HP
Enemy MP: 500 MP
Enemy Melee Damage: 75 HP per cut with his machete, 75 HP per punch or kick, 150 HP per stab with his machete. These numbers double if Kayson is enraged.
Enemy Spell Damage: 160 HP to any player hit by Tangible Fury.
Enemy Speed: B-Rank Speed. 1.5x B-Rank Speed if enraged.
Notes about Camp Azure Lake:
The camp has four journals scattered in its buildings. Players are encouraged to find them all to learn what happened in the camp when it was still operational. The contents are up to players, but they must pertain to camp life, such as camp activities and someone named Stanley W., who is deeply afraid of water and refuses to take part in water sports.
Players are free to make details, such as the general condition of the camp, crime scene evidence (bloodstains, bodies, etc.), and more.
Players are free to make details about Stanley W., such as appearance and mannerisms. Stanley's mannerisms are recommended to be innocent but somewhat annoying (ex. stuttering, bedwetting, etc.). The only constant is that Stanley must be afraid of water.
It is recommended to have a 50/50 mix of spectral counselor genders, but as long as there is not a lean to one side (ex. all-male or all-female), players can make up their own ratios.
Notes about Kayson:
Pleading or taunting does not work on him.
He does not say very much, so do not expect an explanation of his motive.
If enraged, Kayson's eyes glow red, then his entire body does. He does double damage and can move at 1.5x his normal speed. He also takes only half damage from physical weapons and 75% damage from spells. He can enter the state once every five posts. He also enters it once he is down to 200 HP, ensuring that he has one last chance to try and take someone with him.
His enraged state is called Avenger's Wrath. For some odd reason, it cannot be taken away by player debuffs. It can only be endured. Before he enters it, he simply says "... Vengeance."
Kayson's only spell is called Tangible Fury. It is applied to his machete, which almost doubles in length and glows blood red. If it hits, it deals 160 HP in damage to the target and heals him for 80 HP. He can use it once every four posts. He uses 100 MP per casting.- An Alternate Resolution::
- If players search the camp thoroughly, they will come across a hidden basement. There they will find a red baseball cap and a "bonus" journal. Reading the contents reveals that some of the camp counselors, fed up with a young camper named Stanley W., dragged him from his cabin and threw him into the camp's lake, fully aware of the fact that the youth could not swim. Stanley drowned and the counselors covered the incident up, claiming that Stanley wandered off during a camping trip in the woods. If players have all three of the previous journals, then they will deduce that "Stanley W." is Stanley Warheez, Kayson's son.
If players take the cap and present it to Kayson without offering violence to him or destroying it, he thanks the players and gives them his mask, takes the cap into his hand and walks towards the lake. There he is met by the ghost of Stanley, who welcomes his father. Kayson then walks into the lake, never to be seen again. The job can be finished without any further combat.
If players destroy the hat in front of Kayson, then he immediately enters an enraged state and combat begins. There is no peaceful resolution from this point onward. Kayson must be killed to end the job.
Reward: A-Ranked EXP and 60K Jewels with an extra 2K Jewel bonus for each journal recovered (up to five journals) and submitted as evidence to town officials. Also, players will be hailed as heroes of Clover Town.
-- credit to Leona Jarnefeldt
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