Earth

Gatineau Park Dungeon, Quebec

August 12, 2019

08:04 EDT

“Time dilation active…”

“Initializing: Stage 1…”

“Beginning scan of Jonathan Stevens…”

Beams of light shot from everywhere, seemingly scanning me from from every angle. After a minute or so, the beams of light disappeared. A display of its findings appeared as a hologram in front of me, and it started speaking again.

“Jonathan Stevens…”

“Sex: Male…”

“Age: 18 years, 6 hours, 14 minutes, 23 seconds…”

“Race: Scyftar…”

“Height: 6’5¼…”

It took a moment for what it told me my race was to sink in. I was reading the holographic display as the voice was listing everything but I have no idea what a Scyftar is.

“Wait, what is a Scyftar, and why am I listed as being one?” I yelled to the voice.

The voice stopped listing things off and answered my question.

“Your DNA was examined during the scan. The scan ran your DNA through the Adventurer’s Guild database and found that it is consistent with other Scyftar DNA samples. The scan determined that your DNA is Scyftar DNA with 99.99% accuracy,” the voice said.

“What is a Scyftar?” I asked.

“A Scyftar is a being not native to Earth. It is not known where they originate from, but there are many spread out on Earth. Scyftars have the ability to alter their DNA, allowing them to take the form of other lifeforms.”

“If you say I’m a Scyftar, why can’t I change my form like you say I should be able to?”

“You could not change your form until 6 hours, 18 minutes and 12 seconds ago. At that time, protein markers in your DNA that were preventing you from transforming degraded and no longer exist. You are once again able to change your form.”

I stood there for a couple minutes with my mind going crazy. The thing I kept coming back to is that apparently I’m an alien. An alien that can take on other forms. I wondered what the limits were on the transformation. Could I make myself as small as an ant, or as big as a dragon? I would have to find out. The voice broke me out of my thought process.

“Do you wish to continue with your evaluation?” it asked.

“Sure. Please continue.”

“Continuing evaluation…” it said.

“Weight: 258.2 pounds…”

“Hair color: black…”

“Eye color: blue…’

“Stage 1: complete. Are you ready to start Stage 2?” it asked.

“Yes,” I replied.

“Initializing: Stage 2…”

Everything went dark. After a few seconds, it started getting brighter. When my eyes adjusted, I scanned my surroundings and realized that I was standing on the race track at my school. I looked down at my clothing and saw that my leather armor was gone, and I only had on shorts and running shoes. The voice then spoke up.

“Stage 2, Round 1: Speed test. At the sound of the horn, run as quickly as you can, as long as you can,” it said.

I got ready and waited for the horn. As soon as I heard it, I started sprinting as fast as I could. Less than fifteen seconds later, I could feel my body slowing down but I kept going as long as I could. I don’t know how much longer I ran, but I couldn’t go any longer and slowed down. When I stopped, I moved over to the grass and collapsed, laying on my back.

“Stage 2, Round 1: Speed test complete. Top speed 34.28 km/h. Average speed, 22.88 km/h.”

I was teleported back to the starting line and found that I was no longer out of breath, and my legs didn’t feel like jello. I actually felt great.

“Stage 2, Round 2: Endurance test. At the sound of the horn, run around the track maintaining at least 15 km/h as long as you can. There will be a light in front of you while you run. It will show green if you are running at 15km/h or higher, and show red if you are running at under 15km/h. If you remain under 15km/h for more than 5 seconds, the test will end.”

I readied myself again, waiting for the horn. When it sounded, I started running. It was pretty easy to hold the 15 km/h pace for the first 20 minutes or so, and then it got harder and harder. At around the 32 minute mark, I couldn’t handle the pace anymore and fell under 15 km/h, ending the test.

“Stage 2, Round 2: Endurance test complete. You maintained 15 km/h for 32 minutes and 12 seconds, covering 8.230 kilometers.”

I was once again teleported, this time to the school gym. I saw the pylons set up and almost groaned out loud at what was coming. At least my body was refreshed, so I shouldn’t have much trouble.

“Stage 2, Round 3: Agility and Endurance test. There are five pylons set up in front of you that are 5.5 meters apart. At the sound of the horn, do as many suicide sprint sets as you can within 20 minutes. You may take a short break between sets, but try to do as many as you can, as quickly as you can.”

I got ready on the starting line and waited for the horn. As soon as it went, I quickly sprinted to the first line, touched it and went back to the beginning. I did my first five sets before walking around to regain my breath. When I was ready, I started again. I got through three more sprints before having to take another break. After a while, I had to take a break between every other set. Eventually, the horn sounded while I was in the middle of a set. It was a lot harder than I thought it would be, and I lost track of how many sets I completed.

“Stage 2, Round 3: Agility and Endurance test complete. You spent 11 minutes and 1 second running, and 8 minutes and 59 seconds resting. You completed 22.6 suicide sprint sets. Your fastest set was in 21.3 seconds, and your slowest set was in 34.9 seconds. You had one partial set that you would have completed in 36.1 seconds had you not run out of time. Stage 2 is complete.”

“Initializing Stage 3…”

I was teleported to yet another room, this time it being a weight room.

“Stage 3, Round 1: Grip strength test. Pick up one of the small balls in front of you with your left hand. At the sound of the horn, squeeze the ball as hard as you can and hold it until you hear a tone. After 5 seconds, the horn will sound again and you will repeat the process an additional 4 times before switching hands and doing the test again.”

I grabbed one of the balls and closed my hand on it. When the horn sounded, I squeezed as hard as I could until I heard the chime. I repeated the process a total of 5 times with each hand.

“Stage 3, Round 1: Grip strength test complete. Your left hand had an average of 174 pounds of force, and your right hand had an average of 188 pounds of force.

I was teleported again. It looks like it’s bench press time.

“Stage 3, Round 2: Upper body strength test. The barbell currently weighs 125 pounds. Your objective is to complete ten reps with the weight. Once completed, 10 pounds will be added to the barbell and you will repeat the process. This will continue until you can no longer complete ten reps, at which point part one of the test will end, and part two of the test will begin. In part two, you will start off at the maximum weight in which you completed 10 reps, and will need to complete one rep. Each time you complete one rep, 10 pounds will be added to the barbell until you can no longer lift it. Your body will be refreshed between each set. Lay down on the bench. When you are ready, simply being your first ten reps.

I laid down on the bench and situated myself. I lifted the bar and easily completed my first set of reps, breathing in as I lowered the bar toward my chest, and breaking out as I pushed it away. As soon as I was done, additional weight appeared on the bar and I repeated the process. I didn’t have any problems completing 10 reps until I got to 375 pounds. I was able to lift 375 pounds 8 times, but couldn’t quite get the last two, meaning my max was 365 pounds. Next, it was time for the single reps. 10 pounds was removed, and I easily did my one rep of 365 pounds. I was able to do one rep every time 10 pounds were added until I got to 445 pounds. I couldn’t lift it all the way up, and thankfully the computer or whatever recognized that, and it gently raised the barbell up and allowed me to slide it back on it’s stand.

“Stage 3, Round 2: Upper body strength test complete. You lifted a maximum of 365 pounds 10 times, and a maximum of 435 pounds one time.”

The next time I was teleported, I was standing in front of a squat rack.

“Stage 3, Round 3: Lower body strength test. This test has the same rules as the upper body strength test, however the starting weight is 260 pounds, which has been rounded up from your current body weight. When you are ready, take your position and begin your first ten reps.”

I did as the voice commanded and completed my ten reps. I was able to do my ten reps at 380 pounds, but couldn’t do it at 390. For single reps, I topped out at 540 pounds.

“Stage 3, Round 2: Lower body strength test complete. You lifted a maximum of 380 pounds 10 times, and a maximum of 540 pounds one time. Stage 3 is complete.”

“Initializing Stage 4…”

I was teleported once again, this time into a room with a circle painted in white on the floor. I was once again wearing my armor, and had my spear in my right hand, and my shield fastened to my left arm. Opposite of me there was a man who looked like a roman soldier. He was armed similarly to the way I was armed, with a shorter spear called a Hasta, a rectangular shield called a Scutum, and a sword called a Gladius.

“Stage 4: Combat. You have been given the equipment you were wearing when you entered the evaluation room. This is a duel between yourself and a similarly equipped opponent. There will be three rounds, each lasting 3 minutes. To win a round, you need to earn more points than your opponent, force them out of the ring, or kill them.. You will gain one point for striking your opponents body, and lose one point if your body is struck. You will gain three points if you manage to disarm your opponent, and lose three points if you get disarmed. Win at least two of the three rounds to continue on to the next stage. When you are ready, step just inside the ring. You may begin when the horn sounds.”

I took a moment to look over my opponent before stepping in the ring. His shield would provide more coverage than mine would, but wasn’t as durable. The man was also quite a bit smaller than me which would give me a nice advantage. I came up with a plan for the first round and stepped inside the ring. When I entered the ring, my opponent got into position. His shield was covering all of his body except for his head which was protected by a helmet. His spear was protruding out in front of him ready for an attack.

I positioned myself in my own defensive stance and waited for the horn to sound. As soon as it did, I dropped my spear and used both hands to hold my shield out in front of me and sprinted as fast as I could at my opponent. He wasn’t expecting this at all and there was nothing he could do about it. His spear glanced off my shield and our shields connected. I pushed with all my strength and knocked him out of the ring, winning the first round. The horn sounded and we were sent back to our starting positions.

I walked back into the ring and my opponent readied himself again. This time, he was in a more relaxed stance, and I knew what I did in the previous round wouldn’t work. I positioned myself again and waited for the horn to sound. When it did, both of us began to circle the ring, looking for any opening. I knew my spear had more reach than his did, so I aimed a quick thrust at his head. He blocked it with his shield and countered with his own spear. My shield easily blocked it, and we continued to circle each other. We tested each other’s defenses a couple times, but neither of us could land a hit before the horn sounded, ending the round in a draw.

I walked back into the ring and waited for the horn to sound. I formulated a plan during the second round, but didn’t want to use it right away, as it could be quite risky. In the second round, everytime I thrusted my spear at him, he would counter with his own spear. If he did the same thing in the third round, I would go with my plan.

The horn sounded and we started off circling the ring again. We traded a pair of spear thrusts but they were easily blocked. I confirmed that my opponent was still countering my spear thrusts with his own, however. It was time to go with my plan. I quickly aimed another thrust towards my opponent’s head. He went to block it and return his own thrust, but I had already let go of my spear and was reaching for the haft of my opponents. I grabbed onto it, and my opponent held on, letting me pull him towards me. As soon as I pulled on my opponent’s spear, I punched with the edge of my shield and hit my opponent in the head. He let go of his spear and fell down, dazed. I changed my grip on his spear, battered his shield out of the way, and impaled him through the heart, winning the round.

“Stage 4: Combat completed. You won two rounds and drew one round.”

“Initializing Stage 5…”

I was teleported into a room with a small orb on a pedestal. I recognized what it was, and knew this would be an easy test.

“On the table in front of you is an uncharged mana crystal. Channel your mana into it and charge it up as much as you can. You will not suffer mana exhaustion here, so you are free to channel all your mana into it. Begin when you are ready.”

I walked up to the mana crystal, placed my hand on it and began channeling my mana into it. After about 10 seconds, it was full so I stopped.

“Interesting.. You have filled the mana crystal and still have sizable mana reserves left over. That mana crystal is usually large enough to contain all of a young Scyftar’s mana and have room for more. In fact, you have more mana than a Scyftar twice your age. Stage 5 is complete.”

“Evaluation complete. Calculating base attributes.”

“Calculation complete. Your base attributes are as follows: Strength: 8, Agility: 7, Intellect: 46, Constitution: 0, Endurance: 8.”

I was impressed with my base attributes, particularly the 46 Intellect, but I frowned when I heard that my base Constitution is 0. I learned what all the attributes do in school, and Constitution is very important for melee fighters. Each point of Constitution gives 10 health and a small amount of physical damage reduction, as well as increasing health by 1%. For example, if my base health is 100, and I have 5 Constitution, then my health would be (100 + 50) + 5% = 157.5 health, which would be rounded up to 158 health.

“Why is my base Constitution at 0?” I asked.

“You did not take any damage during the combat portion of the evaluation, so your base Constitution could not be calculated. Because of this, your base Constitution is 0. Every time you visit a new dungeon, you will be required to undergo an evaluation. At that time, your base Constitution may be calculated, should you take damage during your duel.”

Well that sucks. Without any base Constitution, I’ll have to invest a bunch of attribute points into the stat for the first few levels so I’ll be able to take some hits. If I was a mage or used some type of ranged weapon, I wouldn’t really have to worry about it.

“There is one last thing to complete before your evaluation is over,” the computerized voice said as I was teleported again. In front of me were 5 huge lottery draw type machines. Each one looked to have hundreds of small balls swirling within them, and were named A, B, C, D, and E.

“You may press the button on each machine one time. When you press the button on a machine, a numbered ball will float up. The number will determine which skill or perk you are awarded. After you leave the evaluation room, you can check the app on your phone to see your stats, attributes and your skills/perks. You may begin when ready.”

I walked over to each of the machines and hit the button to cause a ball to float up. When I was done, the voice spoke, “You have drawn 726A, 962B, 348C, 421D and 157E. Please retrieve your phone and exit the evaluation room.”

When he was done speaking, the room reverted back to how it appeared when I entered. I unplugged my phone from the socket and left the room to meet up with my friends. I guess I was the first one out, since I didn’t see any of them waiting. I checked my phone and saw that it was 08:56, so only 52 minutes had gone by.

There were a bunch of benches along the walls of the room, so I sat down to wait. I accessed the Adventurer’s Guild app and looked at my profile.

Name: Jonathan Stevens Level: 1 Race: Scyftar Experience Current Experience: 0 Next Level: 500 Experience Remaining: 500 Stats Health: 100 Mana: 964 Stamina: 194 Health Regen: 2.27 hp/s Mana Regen: 40.88 m/s Stamina Regen: 2.27 s/s Damage & Damage Reduction Melee Damage: 15.6 Ranged Damage: 0 Spell Damage: 10.2 Physical Damage Reduction: 0% Weapon Damage: 6 Magical Damage Reduction: 0% Attributes Strength: 8 Agility: 7 Intellect: 46 Constitution: 0 Endurance: 8 Attribute Points Available: 7 Skills Name Tier Rank Barbed Spear A 1/100 Shield Bash B 1/100 Perks Name Tier Rank Insight C N/A Attributes(Lesser) D N/A Constitution(Minor) E N/A

I noticed I had 7 attribute points available, so I put all of them into Constitution by clicking the + symbol next to Constitution on my phone. I scrolled up and saw that my health was now up from 100 to 182. I scrolled back down so I could take a look at my skills. I tapped Barbed Spear and some text showed up.

Barbed Spear

Tier A

Rank 1/100

20 Mana, 6 second cooldown

Extend your spear and impale your target. If you weigh more, pull them to you. If they weigh more, you will be pulled to it. When the pull ends, your target bleeds for [5] damage every second until they die, or the wound is healed. Also reduces your target's health regeneration by 50% for the duration.

Damage calculation: [skill rank*5]

I’m pretty happy with this ability and know I’ll be using it a lot, especially against boss monsters. While the bleed damage is nice, boss monsters often have health regeneration that can easily outpace the damage over time. I will definitely need to test it out to see what kind of range it has. Closing up text window, I tapped on Shield Bash next.

Shield Bash

Tier B

Rank 1/100

8 second cooldown

Strike your enemy with your shield, dealing [23] damage and stunning your target for 2 seconds.

Damage calculation: [melee damage*1.5]

Another good skill, you never know when a stun can come in handy. It does a fair amount of damage too. I closed the window and scrolled down to my perks. Perks are different from skills, in that a skill is active, and a perk is a passive. Skills can also rank up whereas perks cannot. I tapped Insight to see what it does.

Insight

Tier C

You gain 50% more experience.

This perk is both good and bad. It’s good that I will be able to level up faster, but it’s bad because I will level up faster than my friends. I wish there was an option to reroll skills or perks, but we’ll have to make do. Next up is Lesser Attributes.

Attributes(Lesser)

Tier D

You gain 2 additional attribute points per level. This applies retroactively.

40% more attribute points per level is amazing. I was wondering why I had 7 attribute points available, since in school we learned the base is 5 attribute points per level. Also, another thing about perks is that they have their own ranking system, so to speak. There are 5 versions of each perk, one in each tier. They’re differentiated from each other by their prefix, in this case Lesser. It goes Minor at tier E, Lesser at tier D, Greater at tier B, and Major at tier A. Tier C perks don’t have a prefix. They do stack, so if I got Lesser Attributes, then I would gain a total of 3 additional attribute points per level. Lastly, I tapped on Minor Constitution.

Constitution(Minor)

Tier E

You gain 2% more Constitution from all sources.

Now this one isn’t very good at all. It would amount to 1 extra Constitution for every 50 Constitution I have. A bonus is still a bonus, I guess.

I exited my profile and opened up the team page for The Wolves. There is room for an image for a team logo to be added, so we would have to work on that. Sonja is a pretty good artist, perhaps she could take care of it.

I heard a door open, and speaking of Sonja, she was the second one of us to finish. “Sonja, over here!” I called, waving my hand in the air. She walked over and sat beside me. “How’d you do?” I asked.

“Pretty good. I got a 4 in Strength, 9 in Agility, 6 in Intellect, 3 in Constitution and 9 in Endurance. I was just going to take a look at my skills. How about you?”

“8 in Strength, 7 in Agility, 46 in Intellect, 0 in Constitution, and 8 in Endurance. I ended up getting 3.5 skills that are good, and 1.5 that are bad,” I answered.

Her eyes went wide when I was talking. I’m pretty sure it was when I said 46 Intellect. “How the hell do you have 46 in Intellect? And why do you have 0 Constitution?

“I’ll tell everyone about the Intellect part later tonight. As for the Constitution part, I didn’t take a hit during the duel, so the computer or whatever couldn’t calculate a base Constitution for me. Apparently when we’re finished with this dungeon and start the next one we need to be evaluated again. It’ll just have to wait until then, it’s not too big of a deal.”

“I’m glad you were the first one out,” I said while bringing up our team page Showing it to her, I continued, “Think you can work up a logo for our team?”

“I can’t believe I forgot about that!” she exclaimed. “I knew we were probably going with ‘The Wolves’ for our team name, so I put together a few sketches. I meant to transfer them from my computer to my phone this morning, so we could pick one as a team.”

“No problem. We’ll be back tomorrow, so we can just stop and have it changed then.”

I noticed there were headshots of each member of The Wolves on the team page. I tapped on Sonja’s image and her profile opened up with all her stats, including her skills and perks. I was about to take a look when a door opened and Ben came out of room 3. He saw us and came over.

“Hey guys, how’d you fair in the eval?” he asked.

Sonja and I both listed our attributes and then Ben listed his, “5 Strength, 6 Agility, 10 Intellect, 4 Constitution and 9 in Endurance.”

“Awesome. Did you get any Auras right away, or will that have to wait?” I asked.

“Not sure yet, was about to spend my attribute points and then take a look. From what I’ve read up on from other people’s experiences, you usually get two skills that suit your combat style, and the others will be random. So I should get at least one or two auras. Hopefully one of them will be somewhat useful.”

“At least I can verify that the 2 skills that suit your combat style is probably accurate. I got one spear related skill, a shield related skill.”

Sonja had apparently been engrossed in her own profile page and she verified it as well, “I got a bow skill, and a two-handed sword skill, so looks like we’ll all have something useful early on. If not, we can always buy some Skill Gems later on if we want a specific skill.”

Every time you kill a boss in a dungeon, you are guaranteed to get a Skill Gem. The higher level the dungeon, the higher tier Skill Gem you can get. In low level dungeons, like the ones we’re about to delve into, you’ll almost always get a tier E Skill Gem. There is a small chance to get a better gem but the chances are small. If I remember correctly, this dungeon should have an 85.9% chance at a tier E gem, 7.5% chance at a Tier D gem, 5% chance at a tier C gem, a 1.5% chance at a tier B gem, and a 0.1% chance at a tier A gem.

The dungeon in the Amazon Rainforest, however, has a 0.01% chance at a tier E gem, a 0.1% chance at a tier D gem, a 1% chance at a tier C gem, a 10% chance at a tier B gem, an 85% chance at a tier A gem, and a 4.89% chance at a tier S gem. The chance at a tier S gem is why so many high level adventurers farm high level dungeons over and over. Either they use the gem themselves, or they sell it giving them a very nice payday.

A tier S Skill Gem can go for over 1 million credits, depending on what it does.The most expensive one I had ever seen was sold for 2.4 million credits. In that particular case, it was a perk that greatly increased all the person’s attributes. I’m pretty sure it was something like 20 bonus attribute points per level, as well as 200% more strength, agility, intellect, constitution and endurance gained from all sources. The person who used that gem would gain 25 attribute points per level, and each point spent would give them +3 attributes in whichever one they put it in to. So in actuality, it was more like 75 attribute points per level, and it would apply retroactively. A level 200 adventurer getting that gem would pretty much instantly gain 4000 attribute points they could spend, and who knows how much bonus attributes from other perks. It would be like jumping 800 levels in an instant, BEFORE all the other bonuses kick in.

It is almost impossible to get the tier S Skill Gem that you want. There are hundreds, if not thousands of different skills and perks. With such a low drop rate, you’re better off farming a high level dungeon to sell the tier A Skill gems, since those can sell for thousands or tens of thousands of credits as well. You’ll probably have better odds to get a tier E gem from the dungeon in the Amazon than the tier S gem you want. That’s how shitty the odds are.

Whenever you loot a Skill Gem, it will have the tier level, and a number on it to let you know what skill or perk it contains. They’ll also be the same color as the corresponding tier. White for tier E, green for tier D, blue for tier C, purple for tier B, orange for tier A, and a yellowish color for tier S. There is a page on the Adventurer’s Guild website that lists all the discovered Skill Gems by number, which skill or perk it contains, and how much they’re selling for. You can sell it on their website, or sell it to the Adventurer’s Guild itself.

While I was thinking about Skill Gems, Anja was the next one to finish her evaluation. Figures that she would get the exact same base attributes as her sister. They are identical twins, after all. It suits her well though, since her style will be that of a rogue or assassin, using her speed and mobility to dodge attacks.

A few minutes after Anja came out, Mason exited his room.

“Well, well, well. Who is the slowpoke now?” Anja teased.

“Bite me, Anja,” he growled. “Did any of you have trouble with the combat portion of the evaluation?”

“I don’t know about anyone else, but I didn’t have any issues,” I said. “Won the first one, drew the second one, and won the third one. Didn’t take a single hit in any of the three rounds.”

“I didn’t have much trouble,” Sonja answered. “Mine took place in a forest and I had to hunt down another archer. Lost the first round, but won the next two in a row.”

Turns out Ben had some trouble as well, but not to the extent of either Anja or Mason. Rather than have to fight another opponent wielding a staff, Ben’s opponent had two weapons called Bastons. They’re basically wooden sticks, but it’s a lot harder to defend against 2 sticks than another staff. It took him three attempts at the duel before he was finally able to win.

Anja had to fight almost a mirror image of herself. She tried using all her weapons, and it took her five attempts to win the duel. Mason took 6 attempts. He was simply outclassed in the speed department. He’s a very big guy and was going up against a guy that was both shorter and probably weighed 60-70 pounds less. Eventually, he went full defense and won by points rather than killing his opponent. His base Constitution did end up being 10, so maybe having his ass kicked so much helped him out. His base stats were calculated as 9 Strength, 6 Agility, 5 Intellect, 10 Constitution, and 7 Endurance.

He did get damn lucky with his skills and perks though. At tier A, he got Major Attributes, which is 5 bonus attribute points per level, as well as 20% more Strength, Agility, Intellect, Constitution and Endurance from all sources. His tier B skill is called Whirling Leap, and allows him to leap into combat and strike all surrounding enemies with his weapon. He would have to be careful not to hit Anja or myself, but it could be devastating.

That doesn’t compare to the skill that Anja got. When she told us to open her profile on our phones and look at her skills we all stood in shock. She got a tier S skill called Precognition that none of us even knew existed. The ability allows her to see things before they happen, up to 2 seconds in advance. That’s all it does and she needs to channel a hefty amount of mana to use it, but it is incredibly powerful. It would probably be better if her sister had it, but it will be invaluable for someone who wants to avoid getting hit and attack from behind. Unfortunately it costs 50 mana per second, and it nearly halts all mana regeneration while active, so she won’t be able to use it all the time. Not yet, anyways. At rank 1, Precognition reduces mana regeneration by 99% while it is active. For each rank the skill gains, the regeneration reduction will be reduced by 1%. So at rank 5 she will suffer 95% mana regeneration reduction, at rank 50 she will suffer 50% mana regeneration reduction, etc. Who knows how long it will take the skill to rank up, though.

It took longer than we thought it would for all of us to get through evaluation. We only had about 9 good hours to work with before we would have to leave and head back home, so we decided to stop standing around looking at our skills. Everyone spent their available attribute points and we entered the dungeon.

Into the depths we go.