Miki had the ability to create potions, and it wasn’t lost on me that Celeste had the Enchant ability. At level 2, it was pretty much useless for all but the most basic enchantments. However, I really wanted to level this ability with her. From what I understood, to enchant an item, one had to have both the Enchantment Class and the spell they wanted to enchant the item with. For most people, that meant you needed two spell castors minimum working together. It was no wonder that enchanted items weren’t very common.
However, if I could get her Enchantment up, it’d mesh really well with the Haste spell. If I hasted all of the clothing, rings, and necklaces, our party would move so fast that no one would hit us. I’d also be interested in trying various other spells. Another thing the Capital had was a full library where I could obtain a lot of this information. It’d be nice if I didn’t have to go into all of it flying blind.
Therefore, getting in a dungeon on some safe levels and cranking up everyone’s level was definitely high on my list. Fortunately, many non-fighting jobs had multiple ways to level. Alchemy was one such job. The fact of both of us making potions, in conjunction with our own experience boosts, caused our levels to start creeping up. By the time we were done making as many potions as I dared to make, my level had reached 5. As for Miki, she reached 12.
The alchemist skills were mixing, purification, and concentration. None of this had any relevance to combat or anything of the like. Rather, these were all functions in the alchemy process, and the more of these you had, the more different recipes you were able to make. At level 2, there were only about 3 potions total that I could make without borrowing Miki’s help. Now there were close to twenty.
A few more days passed and we had acquired our repaired armor, sewn clothing, and requested supplies. I had a ring with nearly 1300 gold in it, not to mention a king’s ransom in potions and the like. Each girl had her own pack. If I could afford it, I’d eventually like to give each girl a storage ring. That sounded a bit over the top, but I definitely wanted to spoil the girls at least that much.
What was the point of having all this money if I couldn’t spend it a bit lavishly? I mean, I had numerous sources of earning money now, so there is nothing really holding me back. Well, there was one thing. As much as the seamstress was an interesting person and did well, the seamstresses in the capital were supposedly many times better. I’d like to get these girls the best of the best when I could afford it.
I got a map to the Capital and frowned as I tried to plot our direction. Compared to my mapping skill, this was many times worse. It looked like my dungeon point skill had caused me to grow a bit spoiled. Celeste bid her mother goodbye. Even though she was a lone fairy, Astria was thriving in her little grove. The rest of us also gave our goodbyes. We were going to head there on foot. I wasn’t a person who knew anything about horses and I didn’t want to get involved with them. Plus, if we brought a carriage, that would imply we had stuff, and that would attract bandits. I had been in this world for a little over 2 months now, and I was finally setting out to see it for the first time. Along-side three beautiful women, it didn’t seem like such a bad journey after all.
However, if I could get her Enchantment up, it'd mesh really well with the Haste spell.
Haste can be one of the most useful support spells. Though, as a spell, it usually has a short duration and other restrictions. So, as a permanent enchantment on equipment, that'd be especially great. Though, in my experience, items enchanted with Haste all have a limited number of uses per day or a cool-down timer or similar. A constant Haste effect seems overkill.
If I hasted all of the clothing, rings, and necklaces, our party would move so fast that no one would hit us.
Usually, the same type of support spells do not stack. (Though, there are exceptions, such as regeneration.) This seems to be a common rule for most role-playing systems and most fantasy fiction. If all spell effects and item enchantments actually could stack on top of each other, assuming they were wealthy enough, even low-level characters and parties could be super powerful and take on opponents many times their own level. Potentially, it could be a very large advantage. Depending on how many enchanted pieces of clothing, armor and jewelry they could wear at once, they'd practically be demigods.
I'm reminded of the rules in D&D. For instance, the rules state that the magic "+" bonus on arrows do not stack on the magic "+" bonus of bows. Only the highest "+" is counted. Further, in old editions, characters could wear 8 magic rings (4 on each hand). But the game designers of later versions decided that this was too powerful, and heavily nerfed it, like the jerks they are. Henceforth, they restricted magic rings to just 2 - one ring per hand. (Also, they made the Ring of Regeneration rare and less powerful - again, like jerks.)
The excuse the game designers gave was that wearing more than one magic ring on a hand would have the enchantments interfere with each other. That's their story. But, if you honestly think about it, that really does sound like a pretty weak excuse just to nerf.
That said, even though I'm a munchkin at heart (gamer who tries to exploit rules and find loopholes as much as possible), I agree with the idea that wearing multiple enchantments of the same spell (such as haste) should not stack. Though, that would still allow wearing various enchanted equipment so long as each enchantment was different. But, that's just my opinion.
He should have grinded levels a bit before venturing. Journeying with three beauties in tow is pretty much asking for trouble.
Traveling with beautiful women adds to danger, not subtracts. ??♂️
He's the town lord, what's he getting in taxes?
Thanks for the chapter, and I think it would be a fun journey
I just realized would mc ever make idea of class existed to ruling class such as the royals. If people can way to figure out how to detect them it could help people find best jobs for them?