Job Title: The Plague: Investigating the Growth
Rank: C
Category: Normal/ Job Series
Job Location: Beanstalk Village
Solo Word Count: 1,000
Group Word Count: 2,000
Additional Requirements: Must have completed The Plague: The Sickness.
Job Description: After the incident, you receive word from the scientist and go to meet him. He informs you that the plants are somehow connected to magic and that he requires samples, as well as some data from them in the field. However, his magic is for research, so you'll be doing the field work. He gives you several devices meant to scan for magic essence. Determine whether the magic is dark, light, or neutral, and if it is harmful or harmless.
You must then venture into the forest, killing infected animals that attack you, and harvest data from the plants before bringing them back for further research. At the same time, you feel like something is very wrong with the forest. Strangely, it's not like you're being watched, or that some evil creeps here. It almost feels as if it were welcoming you, drawing you in. In addition to the change of the environment, this could unnerve the most.
Upon bringing the information and harvestable samples back to the herbalist and scientist, they both thank you and pay you. The scientist mentions how it will take some time to gather the data and he will send for you once the data is completed.
Enemies:
Reward: 20,000 jewel and access to The Plague: Thy Enemy has a Face.
Rank: C
Category: Normal/ Job Series
Job Location: Beanstalk Village
Solo Word Count: 1,000
Group Word Count: 2,000
Additional Requirements: Must have completed The Plague: The Sickness.
Job Description: After the incident, you receive word from the scientist and go to meet him. He informs you that the plants are somehow connected to magic and that he requires samples, as well as some data from them in the field. However, his magic is for research, so you'll be doing the field work. He gives you several devices meant to scan for magic essence. Determine whether the magic is dark, light, or neutral, and if it is harmful or harmless.
You must then venture into the forest, killing infected animals that attack you, and harvest data from the plants before bringing them back for further research. At the same time, you feel like something is very wrong with the forest. Strangely, it's not like you're being watched, or that some evil creeps here. It almost feels as if it were welcoming you, drawing you in. In addition to the change of the environment, this could unnerve the most.
- DETAILS ON INDIVIDUAL PLANTS:
Tainted Weed: Harvestable. No magic essence. A purple plant that grows up to knee height maximum. These plants seem to break down and loosen the material they grow through, spreading more of these weeds. You wonder if these are what started all of this. Due to the roots, you may have to cut the roots to pull them out successfully.
Tainted Growth: Not Harvestable. Magic essence: Corruption magic. Something that appears to be vines, but is not. Wherever the growth is, the air and ground appear darker and the ground itself appears gray. Stepping on it for too long begins to burn you, almost like an acid will. By cutting some of it off from the rest of the growth, it turns gray and dies, breaking down into ash. No changes to the land it affected, however.
Tainted Crust: Harvestable. No magic essence. It appears that wherever the growth is, the bark on the trees begins to puff up, turning into a sort of crust over the tree. It seems that the crust itself is not alive, or infused with magic, however, the more there is, the more the tree suffocates.
Tainted Moss: Not Harvestable. No magic essence. One or two trees have already been covered in the crust and the growth appears to have entered the tree. These trees have some sort of moss replacing the leaves. The purple moss is slimy and stings the hand. If broken off from the others, it also turns to ash.
Tainted Algae: Harvestable. Some magic essence: mana. Any water nearby the growth appears to have a sort of very dark purple algae. You can tell the algae itself isn’t magical, but appears to soak in any type of mana. Direct contact with it drains mana.
Upon bringing the information and harvestable samples back to the herbalist and scientist, they both thank you and pay you. The scientist mentions how it will take some time to gather the data and he will send for you once the data is completed.
Enemies:
- Infected Pig x4
Infected pigs will attempt to knock you over and proceed to stomp or bite you. They can deal half your rank in damage with each successful attack. It takes four D-rank attacks to kill them.
Enemy Rank: Weak - Infected Wolf x7
Infected wolves are agile, quick to strike, and able to detect weak points. They deal your rank in damage with each attack. It takes four C-rank attacks to kill them.
Enemy Rank: Normal - Infected Bear x4
Infected bears aren very durable and possess strong attacks. They deal 3x your rank in damage. They take seven C-rank attacks to kill them.
Enemy Rank: Strong
Reward: 20,000 jewel and access to The Plague: Thy Enemy has a Face.
