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[Short Story] What’s your Skill Point allocation? (Ryunosuke)

“By the way, we traveled all the way to Wyndham together, but I still don’t know what kind of Skills you have!”
“Crim? That’s really sudden, you know? But I don’t mind showing you, it looks like this…”

“And that’s about it. Kinda boring compared to yours, right?”
“…Would you say my total of Skill Points is high?”
“Yup. Even mine is considered pretty high, but basically you’re on the same level as the top players, at least for now.”
“Ohh. You don’t seem to have a lot of combat abilities though. You made it all the way to Schwarzwald, but are you actually not very strong then?”
“Yup, I’m pretty weak. Though unlike you, I’m not really all that interested in fighting.”
“Really?”
“I guess I’m more of a traveler. Like uhh…I guess I want to see places I’d never find in real life? Though I also use it as reference for work sometimes.”
“Work?”
“Yup, I’m pretty involved with graphics and…I guess it’s best to leave it at that.”
“(Crim casts a curious look)”
“(Ryunosuke casts a I’ll tell you another time look)”

“But anyway, I pretty much gained all of my Skill Points from just running away from enemies.”
“I can see that, you have even more points than me on Dash. I’m actually a bit curious about this Mystical Magic though, what is it?”
“It’s the magic that has Recall Ration at 30 Skill Points, and Recall Pure Water at 20 Skill Points. They let me summon food and water even if I run out of supplies, so I’ve used it a lot too.”
“You really only focused on survival…”

“Actually, what’s this Magius thing too?”
“Ahh, I got that Skill when I picked up this Magius Orb thing I found in some desert ruins… Here, this is it.”
“Woah, something like a soccer ball made of glass is floating in the air!”
“It can do a lot of useful stuff by moving and transforming it…and that’s about it.”
“Useful stuff?”
“Yeah, like making it float high in the air and taking aerial pictures and movies, or serving as a telescope, or extending a wire across a cliff, or creating a barrier to camouflage myself…basically a lot of stuff.”
“Ohh, that sounds pretty useful.”
“Yup, I’ll tell you if I find another… Is that all you wanted to know?”
“Mhm, thanks. I’ve learned a lot about you.”

[Short Story] What’s your Skill Point allocation? (Frey)

“By the way, Frey. We’re going to play together from now on, so I have to ask you a few things.”
“Yeah, I know. You want to know my Skill Point allocation, right? Just in case, I only started playing this morning so don’t expect a lot.”
“I know, I know. Anyway, let me see.”
“I’ll include some notes on how I allocated my initial points too, so you can know that too.”

“And that’s pretty much it, I don’t think I need to explain why I put my points where I did, right?”
“Mhm, you’re clearly going for a Wizard build.”
“Of course. And that’s why I need a lot of MP to not run out of it and become a paperweight. I also put a lot of points into the Passive Skill Meditation, which regenerates my MP. Magic Aptitude also looked good, since it has arts that let me do things like largely increasing my MP regeneration speed or reducing the cost of the next spell I use.”
“I see you really put a lot of thought into it. Also, you have a bunch of Magic Skills, I see.”
“About that…there’s something I’m actually curious about.”

“Yeah…that right?”
“I knew you would notice too. The types of Magic are split into really specific groups. There’s Destruction, Spiritual, Repulsion, Strengthening, Healing, Mystical…”
“And my Shadow and Darkness Magic.”
“Right. It feels like a lot of them could be grouped into bigger groups… Do you think something will happen about that eventually?”
“Maybe… But for now we can only work with what we have.”
“That’s fair.”

“By the way, what do your High Elf traits do? Mana Fountain and Astral Shift?”
“Oh, Mana Fountain limits my HP to 1, but none of my magic uses any MP for a set duration. Astral Shift is something I can use once a day for a certain time, and it completely negates any physical damage.”
“Interesting, I feel like using Mana Fountain would be really risky though.”
“I can use it alongside Astral Shift so I only have to make sure I evade any magic attacks.”
“I guess you’ll just have to find the ideal moments to use them.”

“…Anyway, that’s all I have to show for now. I might be weak, but I’ll catch up to you in no time, just you wait.”
“I noticed before, but you always get really competitive about things like this…”
“Of course, we might be best friends, but we’re also rivals.”

[Short Story] What’s your Skill Point allocation? (Freya)

“So…I guess Freya is next?”
“Ah, you want to see my Skill Point allocation now? Though I’ll show you anything you want if you ask!”
“…Ahem. Anyway, let’s see it.”

“Hmm…this looks a lot like the stats of a tank.”
“Yeah, I’m not a skilled gamer like you or Frey, so I figured this was better.”
“Ah…well, I guess moving around and reaction time were never your forte.”
“Mhm mhm, that’s why I thought this… I’ll just become a super hard to kill healer so you don’t have to keep protecting me!”

“…It’s actually a bit reassuring that you have a specific plan in mind but hmm…yeah, it looks good. It would be bad if our healer was the first to go down anyway.”
“Phewww, if you give it your seal of approval, then I’ll just keep going with the idea.”
“Though High Elves also have some bad traits, Vitality and Strength have minus points, and you’re a bit weaker to physical attacks too.”
“Mhm, that’s why I got Strengthening Magic too. I’ll just use magic to cover for the defense I lack.”
“Ahh, that makes sense. High Elves do have large MP pools.”
“Also, Mystical Magic has defensive spells that do things like extra HP for a limited time, or decreasing damage taken by a certain percentage. I’m sure I can deal with my negative traits that way.”
“I see… Just be careful about Critical Hits then, alright?”

“Anyway, there you have it, my Skill Point allocation!”
“Mhm, thank you Freya.”
“I’ll work hard so you can fight without worrying…or rather, I’ll make sure I can eventually be the one protecting you!”
“…I want to protect you a bit too though.”
“Hm? Did you say something?”
“N-No, I didn’t say anything!”
“(Freya casts a I want to hear that again look)”
“(Crim casts a I’ll never say that again look) Anyway, we should go back so Frey doesn’t have to wait too long.”

1. Nomad: I might have to ret-con this later if they introduce a proper Alchemy Skill, this is basically just “mixing stuff” and idk when it’ll be elaborated on further so alskdjflskdjgkl