My wife recently complained to me that all the “spas” near us are just like basic massage places where sure you can get a massage but you want more. She wants that all day spa where there are massages and mud baths and she’s lounging with the cucumbers on her eyes and saunas and that kind of thing. Does anyone know of something like that in Utah in general but also the general salt lake area from Ogden to Provo-ish?

Been considering trying my first gold nib. After a fair amount of research, I am leaning strongly toward a Platinum #3776 with a soft fine nib. I think I would really enjoy the springiness of a gold nib.
Thing is, the #3776 and specifically the soft fine nib are pretty polarizing. I’m not looking for flex or line variation, but I don’t want to commit that much money to a nib without feeling it for myself first.
Is there anywhere in Utah (ideally within a couple of hours of Salt Lake) where I could test one in person?

• The water level rose 1 1/4" to 1046.35' ASL, 25.0002% of Full Pool Capacity
• Transient low for the last 24 hours... 1046.20' ASL, at 11PM last night
• Average outflow for Saturday... 9222 CFS, lower than Friday's 9479 CFS and lower than last Saturday's 11582 CFS
• 30-day average outflow is 12082 CFS
• The lake is now 16.03' lower than at this time last year
• The lake is now above Tier 2B by 1' 4 1/4"
• The 10-day moving average is up 0.04' or 1/2" per day
• The 5-day moving average is up 0.08' or 1" per day
• Lake Powell is at 3521.73' ASL, up 0.12' or 1 1/2", 21.2981% of Full Pool Capacity
• Great Salt Lake is at 4189.32' ASL (current all-time low... 4188.20' on November 8)

Looking for a Pixelmon Server? We offer a home that never resets, where you can play any way you want. Whether that's casual survival style with progression or adventure-like with challenges, or party-like with minigames, we got it all in one creative package with a lot of heart.
Come join us and let us surprise you with a truly unique and original experience like you've never seen before. Explore and enjoy of our many features in company of beautifully designed Obscuros Regional Pokémon and a friendly, active community of players.
Instead of resets we add constant feature updates to keep players engaged and passionate about the server for a long time.
Rules: Have common sense and don't be rude
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FEATURES These are general features you can glance if interested. • Friendly Community: Community focused server • NavGear: User-friendly layout. Use your NavGear or /nav for easy navigation • Obscuros Regional Pokémon: Unique Forms with different textures/stats/abilities/moves/sprites • Naturally-spawning: Obscuros Form Pokemon & Custom Texture Pokémon [They are like 2nd shinies but more common] • Obscuros Starters: 2nd Starters with unique typings [Charmander║Bulbasaur║Squirtle] • Bug Contest: Hourly Contest, earn Bug Catching Points and claim unique rewards at /warp NationalPark • Fishing Contest: Hourly Contest, Earn Fishing Points with a unique system and claim rewards at /warp FishingHamlet • Battle Pass: Free Access, increase your Battle Pass level for unique rewards • Skills/McMMO: Level Up System with unique unlockable skill • Treasure Hunts: Collect hidden treasures in the cities for Obscuros Form Pokémon & unique rewards • Game Corner: Win prizes at the arcades! •Pokémon Crane Game: Daily self-contained minigame. Anyone can participate, no advantages outside of skill and luck! • Spleef Arena: Daily self-contained minigame. Anyone can participate, dig your way to victory! • Giant Pokemon Boss Raids: See raids schedule in our /discord (boss raids are daily) • Obscuros Region: Custom Cities to explore, with Boss Trainers and unique features • Lunar New Year: Yearly Quest to claim a Regional Form Dynasty Pokemon /warp LunarNewYear • Player Gyms ║ Player Elite Four ║ NPC Gyms ║ [open applications] • Player Gym Rewards: Defeat Player Gym Leaders twice to get exclusive Gym Custom Textured Pokémon • Pokémon Parks: Pal Park, Safari, National Park, Eterna Forest, & more • Monthly Tournaments ║Monthly Drop Party [items donated by players] • Events & Contests: [Iki Town Festival Lake of Rage Pokemon Snap Bug Catching Contest & more]
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ISO - Summer Rental Bellmore/ Merrick Area
Hello,
My wife, 2-year-old daughter and I are looking for a summer rental in the Bellmore/ Merrick area.
We’re a quiet working couple and I’m originally from Bellmore. We are looking to spend some summertime with friends and family. My wife and I both work from home. We’re VERY flexible with our dates, but we wondering about the possibility of a summer rental from around July 1- Sept 30. We've found summer rentals the last 3 summers in Bellmore and have great references.
Check out our place in Summit County Colorado for a potential exchange! It’s beautiful and bug-free here in the summer! We’re right on the lake and bike path and close to hundreds of trails and some of the best golf in the country!
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/497-Cove-Blvd-UNIT-1F-Dillon-CO-80435/194082365_zpid/?utm_campaign=iosappmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare
It's a 2 bed/ 2 bath top floor corner unit in Summit County Colorado that we're open to trading.
Summers here are amazing- our place has amazing views and we're right on the lake & bike path and close to trails and golf!
Does anyone have a house or apartment they are trying to rent for the summer on Long Island?!
Please feel free to share with friends! - Thank you!

I tend to modify recipes to try and boost the protein count, but it's a bit challenging at times.
I'm hoping to collect some recipes to test out, my requirements are:

• Each serve should have more than 20g protein.
• Each serve will ideally have less than 500 calories, but no more than 600 (I'm cutting).
• Bonus points for freezer friendly meals.

In exchange, here are some recipes that I quite like (although not all are freezer friendly):

• This Quinoa Nourish Bowl is a great lunchtime meal prep recipe. I add 400g of tofu to the recipe (tossed in some cocomios and air fried). Four serves per recipe, 455 calories, 29g protein.
• This modified Fried Tempeh Bowl from Lazy Cat Kitchen is AMAZING! I increased the tempeh to 300g and reduced the avocado oil to 1tsp to try and limit the calories (just air fry the tempeh first to crisp it up a bit). Two serves per recipe, 533 calories, 38g protein.
• This red lentil potato mash is a great side dish. Serve it with your fav vegan protein source and some green veg. I removed the butter from the recipe, I find the almond milk is enough to get it creamy, add salt, garlic and onion powder for some extra flavour. The side dish alone has 14g protein (288 calories).

I have more recipes, but just realised I'll be late for work if I don't get a move on... so I'll post more in the comments tonight.

Huge crew fan yet due to a series of unfortunate events, I have not been able to see a match this year (but not for lack of trying). Car broke down on the way to the home opener and then (with rent due in a week) I have not had any extra funds for the Atlanta game or the game against Salt Lake next weekend. However, I do have several lower level (fantastic seats) tickets to the blue jackets game on the same night, 4/1 as well as a couple for the 4/2 game as well. Posting as a last ditch effort to see if someone would possibly be interested to trade. I dont care where the seats are (prefer Nordecke but I really do not mind), I just want a way to scratch that Crew addiction itch that has been itching me all winter lol. Willing to make someone a fantastic deal that would be in their favor, I just really want to see my Crew lol.
Anyone interested? Thanks regardless and go Crew :)

Hello! Life long salt lake resident here. I am wondering what people are thinking about or doing in preparation for the potential flooding forecasted for this spring?
I live in South Salt Lake and have picked up 30 of the sand bags the city is giving away but am wondering how worried I should really be. I have a basement and fear there will be damage.
Is anyone buying flood insurance for their house or taking other measures? From what I can tell, flood insurance can only be purchased for a year and takes 30 days to kick in. Hoping someone knows of a better short term solution since SL residents don’t typically need flood insurance.
Thanks in advance :)

Early this year, I had a mental breakdown and spent some time in a mental hospital. I’ve slowly been healing, and actually feeling much better now. After mostly being home since Covid started 3 years ago, I realized our oldest (15,male) only has 3 years left till he’s an adult and who knows when he’ll fly the nest? Well anyway, the past couple weeks, I’ve been planning some family trips for the rest of this year. One is a big trip out of the country which I’m nervous about, but also excited for. I have not been on a plane for over 20 years?! And my teens have never flown before, so it will be an adventure! One of the trips I’ve been planning recently is a mini family reunion at Bear Lake in August. The family attending so far is mostly on my husband’s side of the family, but since it’s not very long distance, I thought it would be nice to invite my parents to visit for 2 of the 4 nights. They don’t have a lot of money and Bear Lake doesn’t have a lot of inexpensive options to stay, but I actually found a reasonable hotel about 30 min away. So I called them up to see if they’d like me to reserve it for them, free cancellations, no risk. And my mom then asks my dad if he can miss temple night? Then I hear him say, No I can’t miss temple night, I’m already missing this week ( he’s flying back East to spend a week with my brother and his family). So he is OK missing temple night to visit my TBM brothegrandkids, but not me or his grandkids he hardly sees now in Utah? So much for priorities and loving your family 😡

This is what happens when you have too much free time and want a game to continue forever. If I had any say, this would be how OT3 would look like. I am playing this sequel in my head. I just wanted to place this somewhere so I can get it out of my system. This would be what I would be doing if I knew how to code gaming.
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The Setting
This universe places you in a continent with one particularly important organization – the College! This college has 8 founders, heroes who have inherited the blessings of 8 gods. The college has been teaching the disciplines of the founders to all – young and old, rich and poor – for hundreds of years. They’ve even allowed 4 other disciplines to teach there! And yet, it has started to fall on hard times. So hard, in fact, that the college is now set to close. And in this college are eight people, staff and student alike, that embark on their journeys, each with their own goals. What will they find? What secrets will they unveil? What kind of ending will their stories see?
The first part of their journey, they will embark alone. However, on their journey, their paths will untie with one other traveler twice, and each time, the traveler will learn something of great importance to them! Perhaps something to improve upon their profession…

• The first and final chapters will only require the character whose story it pertains to. However, for the 2nd and 3rd chapters, it will require two travelers! And in each of those chapters, one traveler will earn…a SUBJOB!
• What are subjobs? They’re a way to specialize their primary job. It improvess their stats slightly, but more than, it allows them to transform certain skills in order to better fit a role they wish to fill! Thus, each traveler will have: a primary job, a subjob pertaining to their primary job, and a secondary job.

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The College
Though it is certainly far from the state from its heyday, there are still quite a number of people who love the college dearly. This includes the vice principal, who requests the traveler to assist in restoring the college back to its former glory. They ask them to find teachers and staff, as well as students who would want to study or even come back in order to fill its halls and rooms with life again.

• Recruiting can be done by satisfying certain requirements, using path actions, and completing quests

o Using path actions

• We are unfortunately doing away with night path actions – instead, we’re replacing them with environmental path actions!
• Just like there are four kinds of NPC interaction path actions, there are four kinds of environmental interaction path actions:

1. To Destroy (remove from path)
2. To Observe (to get information)
3. To Find (get hidden items)
4. To Gain (acquire as an item and maybe place them as decor in the college or others)

So yes, you will go on a recruiting spree. Why? This is the first and foremost way to gain secondary classes for the primary jobs – so that the travelers can enroll in them. And if you fill these teachers’ classes with students, you’ll be able to enroll more of the travelers in these classes. Why, these teachers might be able to teach you more about your subjob’s passive skills…if you meet certain requirements, of course (a la do jobs for them like when getting Licenses).
Another reason why the travelers will want to do this is so that the student store can be filled with more and more items, weapons, and anything else they might need. And of course, they’ll get a student and staff discount here. But only if they can find the right staff to man these stores and stalls.
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The Travelers
ORSEA EMERETTE THE SCHOLAR
Story

• She has finally been accepted to the college that her parents were teachers in, where her parents have stayed for years and years to finish their research. They were supposed to have completed it. Instead, they disappeared, along with their valuable lives’ work. And if she is to find answers, then the college is where she should start.
• And in the process, perhaps, find out what exactly her parents’ research involved.

Path Actions

1. Scrutinize

• Attempt to identify and glean information from someone. There’s a chance you may fail though.

1. Scrounge

• Environmental PA
• There may be something you can use hidden in this spot. You’ll need time to look for it, and someone may see you digging through their stuff…

Talent

1. Study Foe

• Reveals one weakness at the start of battle

1. Concentrate Spells

• Latent Power
• Focus spells on a single target, but with raised potency

Skills

1. Lightning Bolt

• Deal lightning damage to all foes

1. Icewind

• Deal ice damage to all foes

1. Fireball

• Deal fire damage to all foes

1. Analyze

• Reveal the HP and 1/2/3/5 weak point(s) of a single foe

1. Head Bash

• Deal a powerful staff attack on a single foe and reduce their elemental attack for 2/3/4/5 turns

1. Energy Blast

• Deal a powerful non-elemental damage to one foe

1. Study

• Raise your elemental attack for 3/5/7/9 turns

1. Alephan’s Wisdom

• Divine Skill
• Greatly boosts the intensity of a single ally’s spell 3 times

Support Skills

1. Evasive Maneuvers

• Reduces the rate of random encounters. (Equipping multiple characters with this skill will have no added effect.)

1. Elemental Augmentation

• Raises the equipping character's elemental attack by 50

1. Percipience

• Prevents the party from being surprised by foes. (Equipping this skill with multiple characters will have no added effect.)

1. Prepared Studies

• The equipped character starts the battle with raised elemental attack and defense for 2 turns

Subjobs
Strategist
Spurned on by the Warrior, the Scholar decides she doesn’t want to just stand behind and be saved. She is a woman who can stand on her own feet and can protect herself as well as anyone else can.
- Whittle their defense with your cleverness

1. Stormsurge

• Transforms Lightning Bolt
• Deal lightning damage to all foes, and grants yourself the ability to counter elemental damage with fire, lightning, or ice attacks 3/4/5/6 times, prioritizing revealed enemy weak points

1. Body Strike

• Transforms Head Bash
• Deal a powerful staff attack on a single foe and reduce their physical and elemental attack for 2/3/4/5 turns

1. Energy Wave

• Transforms Energy Blast
• Deal a powerful non-elemental damage to all foes that reduces enemy shield points regardless of their weak point

1. Scrutinize

• Transforms Analyze
• Reveal the HP, 1/2/3/all weak point(s) of a single foe and reduce their physical and elemental defense for 1/2/3/4 turn(s)

Support Skills

1. Eye for Weakness

• Increases damage dealt when striking a foe's weak point

1. Final Phase

• Grants the equipping character 1BP when breaking a foe

Researcher
The Scholar confronts her own past, remembering that she, too, once truly wanted to unlock the secrets of the world.
- Further your understanding of the world – and of magic

1. Lightning Blast

• Transforms Lightning Bolt
• Deal lightning damage to all foes 2 times

1. Blizzard

• Transforms Icewind
• Deal ice damage to all foes 2 times

1. Fire Storm

• Transforms Fireball
• Deal fire damage to all foes 2 times

1. Research

• Transforms Study
• Raise your elemental attack for 3/5/7/9 turns, greatly boosts the intensity of your spell once

Support Skills

1. Augmented Elementals

• Increases damage dealt by elemental attacks

1. Advanced Magic Master

• Raises the number of times the equipping character can use more intense spells by 1.

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CORI KEUNZICK THE WARRIOR
Story

• He is a newly recruited guard for the college. He embarks on a journey in order to find the college’s latest valedictorian who has recently gone missing along with their escort of guards, of which includes the head security – and their elder sibling.
• Though why, in the last few years, have certain valedictorians disappeared in the same way?

Path Actions

1. Challenge

• Duel and clear a path

1. Break

• Environmental PA
• Break whatever is in your path! Be it a door, a bench, a tree, a wall… There’s a chance you may fail though.

Talent

1. Learn Skills

• By defeating enemies he challenges, the Warrior can learn their skills and use them in battle!

1. Bolstering Guard

• Latent Power
• Allows the Warrior to boost his Defend action, attacking with his chosen weapon and using his physical defense and then taking a defensive position

Skills

1. Concentrated Slash

• Deal 2/3/4/5 sword attacks at one foe

1. Wide Sweep

• Deal a polearm attack to all foes

1. Abide

• Raise your physical attack for 3/5/7/9 turns

1. Stout Wall

• Raise your physical defense for 3/5/7/9 turns

1. Incite

• Draw foes’ single-target attacks to yourself for 3/5/7/9 turns

1. Level Slash

• Deal a sword attack to all foes

1. Piercing Thrust

• Deal a powerful polearm attack on one foe and have a 25%/50%/75%/100% chance to deal a critical hit

1. Brand’s Blade

• Divine Skill
• Unleash an extraordinarily powerful sword attack on a single foe

Support Skills

1. Bolstering Break

• Raises the equipping character's physical attack when breaking an enemy.

1. Summon Strength

• Raises the equipping character's physical attack by 50

1. Endure

• When the equipping character is inflicted with poison, sleep, confusion, blindness, silence, terror, or unconsciousness, their physical and elemental defenses are enhanced

1. Surpassing Power

• Increases the maximum damage that can be dealt by the equipping character to 99,999

Subjobs
Paladin
The Warrior vows to both Brand and Aelfric to protect the Cleric, taking a more defensive style in order to make sure his charge is able to make it to his destination.
- Over my dead body!

1. Concentrated Pierce

• Transforms Concentrated Slash
• Deal 2/3/4/5 polearm attacks at one foe

1. Bodyguard

• Transforms Stout Wall
• Raise your physical defense for 3/5/7/9 turns and allows yourself to take damage for one of your allies for 3/5/7/9 turns

1. Sacred Slash

• Transforms Level Slash
• Deal a sword attack and light attack to all foes, heals all allies

1. Piercing Light

• Transforms Piercing Thrust
• Deal a powerful polearm and light attack on one foe that reduces enemy shield points regardless of their weak points

Support Skills

1. Summon Defense

• Raises the equipping character's physical defense by 50

1. Cover

• The equipping character will absorb single-targeted damage for allies who are near death.

Knight
The Warrior trains himself, knowing that he cannot achieve his goal unless he strives to become stronger. He becomes the vanguard who shall not sway in face of adversity.
- The best defense is a good offense

1. Wild Slash

• Transforms Concentrated Slash
• Deal a sword attack to random foes 4/5/6/7 times

1. Dual Beat

• Transforms Wide Sweep
• Deal 2 powerful polearm attacks to all foes

1. At Arms!

• Transforms Abide
• Raise the physical attack of all allies for 2/3/4/5 turns

1. Challenging Cry

• Transforms Incite
• Draw foes’ single-target attacks to yourself for 3/5/7/9 turns and grants yourself the ability to counter physical damage with sword attacks 3/4/5/6 times. Counter attacks reduces enemy shield points regardless of their weak points.

Support Skills

1. All Out

• The equipping character deals more damage to foes but also takes more damage from foes

1. Powerful Blow

• The equipping character’s physical attacks has a small chance (10%) to reduce shield points regardless of weak points

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TALOS GRANI THE HUNTER
Story

• He wants to be the top graduating Hunter in his generation. He has it all planned out! But then the college closes down, so the only way he can place his name in history is by doing what no other Hunter has before – hunting down the legendary beasts his progenitors have, all with his trusted great wolf companion by his side.
• …And maybe the one, for some strange reason, that no one else has.

Path Actions

1. Provoke

• Duel someone with the assistance of your captured beasts. There’s a chance you may fail though.

1. Sniff Out

• Environmental PA
• There’s something hidden in that tree… Maybe your pal can sniff it out.

Talent

1. Beast Lore

• Gives him a chance to capture beastly foes and use them in combat

1. Provoke Beasts

• Latent Power
• Provoke 2/3/4/5 beasts at once

Skills

1. Arrow Rain

• Deal a bow attack a single foe 2/3/4/5 times

1. Thunderbird

• Deal lightning damage to a single foe

1. Mercy Strike

• Deal a bow attack on a single foe. Otherwise lethal attacks will instead leave the target with 1HP.

1. Sweeping Cleave

• Deal an axe attack to all foes

1. Take Aim

• Raise the critical hit rate and accuracy of all allies for 2/4/6/8 turns

1. Leghold Trap

• Cause a single foe to act at the end of the turn for 2/4/6/8 turns

1. Abating Orb

• Nullify 1/2/3/4 of a single foe’s augmenting effects

1. Draefendi’s Storm

• Divine Skill
• Deal a powerful bow attack on all foes 3-5 times

Support Skills

1. Heighten Senses

• Gain an increased chance of attacking first in battle. (Equipping multiple characters with this skill will have no added effect.)

1. Eagle Eye

• Raises the equipping character's critical rate by 50.

1. More Rare Monsters

• Raises the chances of encountering rare monsters. (Equipping multiple characters with this skill will have no added effect.)

1. Master of Offense

• Enables the equipping character to more easily land critical hits on broken foes.

Subjobs
Stalker
The Hunter learns from the Thief on how to stealthily and track his prey down without being seen – and most importantly, striking them down before they even know he is there.
- Bide your time and strike when they least expect

1. Stealth Shot

• Transforms Arrow Rain
• You gain stealth for 1 turn. At the start of the next turn, deal 2 bow attacks on a single target and reduce physical defense for 1 turn, and act again at the end of the turn.
• Stealth: You cannot be targeted by an enemy attack or skill; disappears when you deal damage

1. Capture Strike

• Transforms Mercy Strike
• Deal a powerful bow attack on a single foe and attempt to capture (if foe is capturable). Otherwise lethal attacks will instead guarantee a capture.

1. Widespread Net

• Transforms Leghold Trap
• Cause all foes to act at the end of the turn for 2/3/4/5 turn(s)

1. Subduing Trap

• Transforms Abating Orb
• Nullify 1/2/3/4 of all foes’ augmenting effects

Support Skills

1. Salt the Wound

• The equipping character has a 50% chance of acting twice when breaking a foe. This will not trigger in succession.

1. Lying In Wait

• The equipping character deals more damage the later their turn

Falconer
Realizing that he can’t truly know everything around him all at once, the Hunter befriends a powerful falcon that becomes his eyes and an extra pair of sharp talons.
- Once sighted, they can’t escape

1. Precise Shot

• Transforms Arrow Rain
• Deal a bow attack on selected targets 2/3/4/5 times

1. Thunderhawk

• Transforms Thunderbird
• Deal an axe and lightning attack on a single foe

1. Flying Axes

• Transforms Sweeping Cleave
• Deal an axe attack 2 to 4 times to all foes

1. Eyes in the Skies

• Transforms Take Aim
• Raise the critical hit rate and accuracy of all allies for 2/4/6/8 turns, the falcon has a chance to deal physical damage that reduces enemy shield points regardless of their weak points before an ally’s turn for 1/2/3/4 turn(s)

Support Skills

1. Falcon’s Eye

• Raises the equipping character’s critical damage by a further 50%

1. Friend of Beasts

• Grants a fair chance (33%) of activating Provoke twice

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OSCAR WILDLING THE THIEF
Story

• He failed to graduate last year. This year, his last chance before the college closes, he isn’t sure if he will graduate at all. But during his initiation he remembers there is one way that any student of the Thieves’ college can pass – steal an important items from three of the college’s best thieving professors. It is the only way for him to graduate.
• He can bother to find out what these ‘important items’ are along the way.

Path Actions

1. Steal

• Why buy when you can just take the items out of their hands? There’s a chance you may fail though.

1. Sneak

• Environmental PA
• There’s a door in your way? A lock pick. A wall? A bomb. A fence? Some iron cutters. You can get in anywhere with the right tools for the job.

Talent

1. Pick Lock

• Some chests can’t be opened unless you have this specific thief with you, unfortunately.

1. Leave No Trace

• Latent Power
• The Thief can act twice in a single turn

Skills

1. HP Thief

• Deal a dagger attack on a single foe 2 times, and steal HP equivalent to half the damage dealt

1. Steal

• Steal an item from a single foe

1. Icicle

• Deal ice damage to a single foe

1. Penalty Slash

• Deal a sword attack on a single foe. The more enfeebling effects the foe has, the more potent the attack.

1. Shackle Foe

• Reduce the physical attack of a single for 2/4/6/8 turns

1. Armor Corrosive

• Reduce the physical defense of a single foe for 2/4/6/8 turns

1. Hide

• Reduces the chance of being target for 2/3/4/5 turns

1. Aeber’s Reckoning

• Divine Skill
• Deal a powerful dagger attack on all foes. The greater your speed, the more potent the attack.

Support Skills

1. Ensnare

• The equipping character has a 50% chance of inflicting an attribute-reducing effect when taking physical damage

1. Fleetfoot

• Raises the equipping character's speed by 50

1. Incidental Attack

• When using a non-damaging skill on a foe, there is a 50% chance you will attack as well

1. Weak Presence

• Reduces the chance of being target by single-target skills

Subjobs
Rogue
Dealing with a group of powerful beasts, the Merchant teaches the Thief that the best thieves in all of history used all of their resources to the fullest, from their blade to their own tools.
- Your enemies will wish they were dead instead

1. Vitality Siphon

• Transforms HP Thief
• Deal a dagger attack on a single foe 2 times, steal HP equivalent to 25% of damage dealt and SP 2.5% of damage dealt

1. Frost Bomb

• Transforms Icicle
• Deal powerful ice damage to a single foe and afflicts frostbite for 2 turns
• Frostbite: Deal ice damage every turn

1. Poisonous Slash

• Transforms Penalty Slash
• You gain poisonous for 3 turns and deal a sword attack on a single foe. The more enfeebling effects the foe has, the more potent the attack.
• Poisonous: Your attacks will afflict poison for 1 turn (proc per attack)

1. Sensitizing Acid

• Transforms Armor Corrosive
• Reduce the physical and elemental defense of a single foe for 2/4/6/8 turns

Support Skills

1. Polished Weapon

• Physical attacks have a 10% chance of inflicting one random attribute-reducing effects for one turn

1. Insult to Injury

• Status ailments and attribute penalties inflicted by the equipping character will last for one additional turn

Outlaw
The Thief meets a band of outlaws with a very specific creed – steal from the rich and give to the poor! Perhaps he can learn a thing or two from them in order to better himself in his craft.
- A true thief makes sure he gets out alive

1. Daggerplay

• Transforms HP Thief
• Deal a dagger attack on selected foes 2/3/4/5 times, steal HP equivalent to 33% of damage dealt

1. Mug

• Transforms Steal
• Deal a dagger and sword attack and steal an item from a single foe

1. Bind and Blind

• Transforms Shackle Foe
• Reduce the physical attack of a single for for 2/4/6/8 turns and blind them for 3 turns

1. Camouflage

• Transforms Hide
• Gain stealth for 2/3/4/5 turns, your next attack is a guaranteed critical hit
• Stealth: You cannot be targeted by an enemy attack or skill; disappears when you deal damage

Support Skills

1. Steal from the Rich

• The equipping character will receive double the loot when using steal or collect skills

1. Give to the Poor

• When receiving positive effects (either used by himself or other allies), has a fair chance (33%) of also sharing it to another random ally.
• Includes restoring HP, SP, BP, and LP, as well as attribute raising effects and good status effects

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PRECIOUS "PRESSY" SOLFLORA THE DANCER
Story

• It has always been her dream to teach at the college, to inspire students and audience alike. She never imagined that she would have to stop only after one year. But at the very least, she could make it so that her first and last group of students would all be able to graduate. She especially wants to help the truant ones, even if she must go find and convince them to come back herself.
• But there has to be a reason why they decided to become truant in the first place, no?

Path Actions

1. Allure

• Attempt to have a person follow you using your feminine wiles. There’s a chance you may fail though.

1. Entice

• Environmental PA
• You really want that pot. It would look nice in your classroom. Perhaps you can try to entice the owner into letting you have it…

Talent

1. Dance Session

• If any townspersons are active through Allure or Hire, there’s a chance to grant an additional effect

1. All Together Now

• Latent Power
• Spread single target skills to all targets. This does not affect divine skills or self-usage skills.

Skills

1. Lion Dance

• Raise the physical attack of a single ally for 2/4/6/8 turns

1. Fiery Step

• Deal fire damage to a single foe

1. Peacock Strut

• Raise the elemental attack of a single ally for 2/4/6/8 turns

1. Panther Dance

• Raise the speed of a single ally for 2/4/6/8 turns

1. Dagger Dance

• Deal a dagger attack on all foes

1. Encourage

• Reduces the cost of a single ally’s next skill by 20/40/60/80%

1. Bewildering Grace

• Cause a curious effect to occur 1/2/3/4 time(s)

1. Sealticge’s Seduction

• Divine Skill
• Extend the reach of a single ally's skills to all for 3 turns. This does not affect divine skills or skills that only affect the user.

Support Skills

1. The Show Goes On

• Extends the duration of augmenting effects granted by the equipping character by 1 turn

1. Ever Evasive

• Enables the equipping character to more easily evade enemy attacks

1. Hard Worker

• Receive additional JP after battles. (Equipping multiple characters with this skill will have no added effect.)

1. Second Wind

• Recover a certain amount of SP each turn

Subjobs
Freestylist
The Dancer has decided to assist in the Hunter’s hunt by taking place of the priestess who would have blessed his journey, not only mastering the ritualistic steps of the tribe to wish for a fruitful hunt but also hoping to encourage by being by his side.
- The best kind of dances are the ones where you let your inhibitions go

1. Wild Dance

• Transforms Lion Dance
• Raise the physical attack, critical rate, and critical damage of a single ally for 2/4/6/8 turns

1. Furious Kick

• Transforms Fiery Step
• Deal powerful fire damage on a single foe and reduce their Shield Points regardless of their weak points.

1. Wildcat Gambol

• Transforms Panther Dance
• Raise the speed, accuracy, and evasion of a single ally for 2/4/6/8 turns

1. Blade Waltz

• Transforms Dagger Dance
• Deal a dagger attack on all foes 3 to 5 times

Support Skills

1. Dangerous Moves

• Grants the equipping character the ability to counter with a standard attack when successfully evading attacks

1. Free Spirit

• The equipped character ignores foes attribute-raising effects

Idealist
Faced with the cold reality that belongs to the downtrodden, the Dancer steels her conviction to raise their spirits. After all, she wanted to become a teacher and a dancer to inspire everyone to keep their hopes and dreams alive.
- I will keep dancing to lift everyone’s spirits – both theirs and mine

1. Proud Step

• Transforms Lion Dance
• Drastically raise the physical attack of a single ally for 2/4/6/8 turn(s)

1. Birdsong Sway

• Transforms Peacock Strut
• Drastically raise the elemental attack of a single ally for 2/4/6/8 turn(s)

1. Inspire

• Transforms Encourage
• Reduces the cost of a single ally’s next skill by 20/40/60/80% and passes on your boost level for their next turn
• If you use 3BP on this skill on another character, the character is able to act as if they boosted three times without using any BP

1. Awe-inspiring Elegance

• Transforms Bewildering Grace
• Cause a positive effect to occur 1/2/3/4 times

Support Skills

1. Invigorate and Inspire

• Slightly fills the target’s latent power gauge when the equipping character grants them an augmenting effect

1. Sincere Encouragement

• Grants the equipping character a moderate chance (50%) of restoring 1BP to target ally when augmenting attributes

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ARCHIBALD D'LONNE THE APOTHECARY
Story

• A tenured teacher of the college who has spent years upon years experimenting in order to create a cure for a strange and mysterious disease that has afflicted the continent for years. And when, at very last, he was about to unveil his findings, his lab is ransacked – along with his research. But fret not, for all the information is locked away in his head. All he needs is to collect the ingredients!
• But for what reason could anyone have to stop him?

Path Actions

1. Inquire

• He can glean information off of others by…simply asking. How nice.

1. Inspect

• Environmental PA
• In order to find out more about this sign – which may have an important clue – he’ll need to get his hands on it… People won’t like it when you put your grubby mitts on their stuff, though.

Talent

1. Concoct

• Using a combination of herbs and ingredients to create a variety of restoring and hazardous effects

1. Maximize Results

• Latent Power
• Use Concoct with double efficiency

Skills

1. First Aid

• Restore HP a single ally

1. Darkest Night

• Deal dark damage to a single foe

1. Rehabilitate

• Cure a single ally of all status ailments, and render them immune to further ailments for 2/4/6/8 turns

1. Amputate

• Deal a powerful axe attack to a single foe

1. Poisonous Brew

• Deal a non-elemental damage to a single foe and poison them for 2 turns

1. Replenish Health

• For 3/5/7/9 turns, grant HP to a single ally after they perform an action

1. Mysterious Liquid

• Afflicts a single foe with 1/2/3/4 random negative effect(s) for 2 turns

1. Dohter’s Charity

• Divine Skill
• Extends the reach of a single ally’s items to effect all for 3 turns

Support Skills

1. Resist Ailments

• Improves resistance to poison, sleep, confusion, blindness, silence, terror, and unconsciousness

1. Hale and Hearty

• Increases maximum HP by 500

1. Inspiriting Break

• Restores the equipping character's SP when breaking a foe.

1. Preventative Measures

• Grants the equipping character immunity to enfeebling effects for 3 turns at the start of battle

Scientist
The Apothecary fondly remembers his time with the Scholar’s parents, spending late nights talking about their experiments and their research. After all, if he is to be the best he can be, he needs to know intimately both his ingredients and his patients.
- Now what kind of side-effects will this have, I wonder…?

1. Healing Potion

• Transforms First Aid
• Restore HP to a single ally and grant them an attribute-raising effect at random

1. Dark Tonic

• Transforms Darkest Night
• Deal dark damage 3 to 6 times to random enemies

1. Dissection

• Transforms Amputate
• Deals a powerful axe attack to a single foe, and afflicts them with Weak for 2 times
• Weak: The next physical attack will reduce their shield points regardless of their weak point

1. Poisonous Cloud

• Transforms Poisonous Brew
• Deal non-elemental damage to all foes and poison them for 2 turns

Support Skills

1. Experimental Tools

• Grants the equipping character’s standard attacks with a 10% chance of afflicting one random status ailment for one turn

1. Soulstone Expert

• For the equipping character, soulstones will instead be focused on a single foe at increased intensity

Doctor
What is an apothecary if not a doctor? That is what the Apothecary has decided after seeing what illness can drive even the most well-meaning of people to.
- Come now, not even death will take you while I’m here.

1. Healing Touch

• Transforms First Aid
• Restore HP or revive a single ally

1. All Cure

• Transforms Rehabilitate
• Cures all allies of all status ailments, and render them immune to further ailments for 2/4/6/8 turns

1. Protect Health

• Transforms Replenish Health
• For 3/5/7/9 turns, grant HP to a single ally after they perform an action, and grant them an effect that leaves them with 1 HP when hit with an otherwise lethal attack. This effect will disappear once triggered, or after 3/5/7/9 turns.

1. Mysterious Elixir

• Transforms Mysterious Liquid
• Gives a single ally 2/3/4/5 random positive effects

Support Skills

1. In House

• When equipped, negative status ailments on ally character will dissipate twice as quickly

1. Prophylactic Planning

• Grants the equipping character’s single-target skills the ability to be heal above allies’ maximum HP.

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TYRIE ELKE THE CLERIC
Story

• A middling student of the Cleric course. She is unsure if she has what it takes to graduate, so she sets forth on a journey, following the path of the first Cleric’s pilgrimage to find out what it truly means to be a cleric and one who follows the flame.
• She wonders if she will find out what the first Cleric meant to do during their journey.

Path Actions

1. Entreat

• If you ask nicely, you won’t need to buy it.

1. Observe

• Environmental PA
• If you take your time, you can learn about an object just by observing it

Talent

1. Clutch Heal

• Improves effectiveness of heals when healing allies below 50% health

1. Burning the Midnight Candle

• Latent Power
• Activate a skill twice

Skills

1. Heal Wounds

• Restore HP to all allies

1. Holy Light

• Deal light damage to a single foe

1. Luminescence

• Deal light damage to all foes

1. Prayer to the Flame

• Raise the elemental defense of a single ally for 2/3/4/5 turns

1. Reflective Veil

• Grant a single ally the ability to reflect 1/2/3/4 elemental attack(s)

1. Inner Solace

• Restore SP to yourself

1. Revive

• Revive all allies

1. Aelfric’s Blessing

• Divine Skill
• Grant a single ally the ability to act again at the end of a turn for 3 turns. Only one additional action can be taken per turn.

Support Skills

1. Resilience

• Raises the amount of HP restored to the equipping character when healed

1. Inner Strength

• Raises the equipping character's max SP by 50.

1. Evil Ward

• Increases the party's success rate when attempting to flee. (Equipping multiple characters with this skill will have no added effect.)

1. Persistence

• All status enhancements you receive will last for one additional turn

Subjobs
Priest
In a village that continues to struggle everyday in order to survive, the Cleric is helped by the Dancer to pass the rites not only for the deceased but also so that the living can continue on.
- Being left behind is painful, but the pain will only make you stronger

1. Healing Rites

• Transforms Heal Wounds
• Restore HP to all allies and grant HP regeneration for 1/2/3/4 turn(s)

1. Setting Light

• Transforms Holy Light
• Deal powerful dark damage to a single foe with a 25% chance to afflict sleep for 3 turns

1. Rainbow Veil

• Transforms Reflective Veil
• Grant a single ally the ability to reflect 1/2/3/4 physical or elemental attack(s) but take 50% of damage

1. Spiritual Recalling

• Transforms Revive
• Revive all allies, deal powerful light damage to all foes that increases depending how many allies are revived (hits 1/2/3/4 time(s) depending on how many allies are revied), then reduce your HP to 1

Support Skills

1. Rise Again

• The equipping character will recover with 25% of their max HP once per battle upon being incapacitated

1. In Need

• Allows the equipping character to act first in the next turn when an ally is incapacitated

Preacher
The Cleric reminisces about what made her want to become a woman of faith in the first place, finding comfort and confidence in the stories told by the local cleric.
- Words can heal the soul, you know

1. Heartfelt Story

• Transforms Heal Wounds
• Restore HP to all allies and removes 1/2/3/all enfeebling effects

1. Shining Refrain

• Transforms Luminiscence
• Deal light damage to all foes twice

1. Parable of the Flame

• Transforms Prayer to the Flame
• Raise the physical and elemental defense of single ally for 2/4/6/8 turns

1. Comforting Tale

• Transforms Inner Solace
• Restores SP to a single ally

Support Skills

1. Purification

• Attribute-reducing effects on the equipping character will dissipate twice as quickly

1. Word of God

• Grants the equipping character a chance (25%) of restoring 1BP to target ally(ies) when healing

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HENRIETTA BELLATRIX THE MERCHANT
Story

• One of the staff of the college that heads and cares for the student store, among other things. She despairs about the college closing down and vows to find sponsors in order to let students hailing from around the continent to walk its hallowed halls.
• Although, she does wonder…if not to the college itself, where /did/ all its profits go?

Path Actions

1. Hire

• Hire someone to follow and protect you in exchange for money

1. Purchase

• Environmental PA
• That’s a nice pot. Maybe you can buy it off whoever owns it.

Talent

1. Business Partners

• Hired townspeople will give additional effects when it comes to buying and selling

1. Come One and All!

• Latent Power
• Fully replenishes BP to max

Skills

1. Collect

• Collect money from a single foe

1. Arrow of Fortune

• Deal a powerful bow attack on a single foe and receive JP. The more damage you deal, the more JP you receive.

1. Rest

• Restore your own HP and SP, and cure status ailments

1. Sweeping Gale

• Deal wind damage to a single foe

1. Donate BP

• Grant 1/2/3/4 BP to a single ally

1. Item Expertise

• Use an item with a 25/50/75%/guaranteed chance of not using it up
• Is not affected by Dohter’s Charity

1. Hired Help

• Pay money to summon hired help to the battlefield

1. Bifelgan’s Bounty

• Divine Skill
• Deal non-elemental damage to a single foe and receive money equivalent to the damage dealt.

Support Skills

1. Grows on Trees

• Receive additional money after battles. (Equipping multiple characters with this skill will have no added effect.)

1. I Have Money!

• Allows the equipping character to bribe foes to flee the battle

1. Eye for Money

• Automatically picks up random sums of money when travelling. (Equipping multiple characters with this skill will have no added effect.)

1. Boost Start

• Grants the equipping character 1 BP at the start of battle

Subjobs
Distributor
Faced with the concepts of an increasingly high demand and very scarce supply, she enlists the help of the Apothecary to form succinct and robust lines, believing if that one woman can’t do it alone, then a network of men and women could sure do better.

1. Amass

• Transforms Collect
• Collect money from all foes

1. Rain of Fortune

• Transforms Arrow of Fortune
• Spend money to deal damage on a single foe equal to 10% of money spent and receive JP 1% of money spent.

1. Item Mastery

• Transforms Item Expertise
• Use an item at double the efficiency with a 25/50/75%/guaranteed chance of not using it up
• Is not affected by Dohter’s Charity

1. Hire More Help

• Transforms Hired Help
• Pay money to summon an expanded selection of hired help to the battlefield

Support Skills

1. High in Demand

• Increases item drop rate when defeating foes

1. Lucky Supply

• Occasionally gains 1 BP at the end of the turn

Trader
How is the Merchant supposed to, well, merchant when his customers don’t have money to spend? Why, then you trade, of course!

1. Haggle

• Transforms Collect
• Attempt to collect more money from a single foe

1. Trade Winds

• Transforms Sweeping Gale
• Deal powerful wind damage to a single foe

1. Productive Rest

• Transforms Rest
• Restore your own HP and SP, gain 1 BP, and cure status ailments, and guarantees your next attack is a critical hit

1. Donate More BP

• Transforms Donate BP
• Grant 1/2/3/4 BP to a single ally, and allow a single ally to gain 2 BP per turn for 2 turns

Support Skills

1. Mine for Yours

• Occasionally allows the equipped character to counter physical attacks with a standard attack

1. Under Pressure

• Grants the equipping character 2 BP when near death

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Crossing Paths
What kind of story would this be if there weren’t more ways for the travelers to interact? There are four stories here, still concerning two travelers each, but the rewards they gain will be all the more important for not only their resolve but also their growth (aka this is how they get their second subjob).
The Warrior (Knight) and the Hunter (Falconer) and The Mysterious Man

• The Warrior and the Hunter are fighters. They are vanguards who are always in the fray – and they need to hon their skills they wish to see their journeys to the end. Perhaps they can learn from this strange man who carries around an even stranger sword…?

The Thief (Outlaw) and the Apothecary (Doctor) and The Band of Merry Men

• The Apothecary knows of this Thief. He has had to help his wounds quite a bit, so he is a little…protective of him. As such when the Thief finds a band of supposedly good thieves, he decides that maybe he should make sure nothing…unfortunate were to happen to him. Who knows? Maybe they’ll prove him wrong.

The Cleric (Orator) and the Scholar (Researcher) and The Memories of the Past

• These two young minds are actually childhood friends. Who knew? And perhaps their journeys will take them back to their homes, where they can reminisce about the memories and decisions that brought them to where they are today.

The Merchant (Trader) and the Dancer (Idealist) and The Reason for Living

• Although they deal with different matters, these Merchant and the Dancer both make a lighthearted challenge on who can make people’s lives better. With merchandise? With arts? Why not both? Facing against the thing called ‘unhappiness’, maybe they can learn a thing or two about raising the spirits of others.

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ENDING NOTES
Advanced Jobs are in comments.
Yeah, this game lives rent-free in my head. Feel free to roast me. Or tell me how you can break/cheese the game. Assuming most if not all items from the previous game (s) were available, what combos would you do? Is it balanced? Is it not?
Also, as for one of their names... I know what I did, and I stand by it.

Which state liquor stores in Salt Lake or Utah counties have the best selection? Is there much of difference?
BF is currently on a canned-cocktail kick so we’re looking for those at the moment. But also interested to know which stores are the best in general.

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If mana was money, I’d feel an awful lot like Scrooge McDuck right about now. With Jackie off exterminating mice like it's going out of style, I find myself practically swimming in the stuff. I even grew in size! No longer just a green shard, I’ve matured into a small ovoid gemstone, like what you might find in somebody’s jewelry. I’m still the same green color as before, but now I’ve also got a streak of gold light bisecting me lengthwise. I look rather similar to a cat’s eye emerald now that I think about it, if said gemstone could glow from an internal light source that is.
Regardless, now that my life is out of immediate danger I've got to find something else to work on. Looking around my domain results in 3 different options to sink my mana into currently.
First off, my new scions. When I spend a smidge of mana focusing on Jackie, I'm given a more detailed pop-up than before that looks like this:
[Jackie: Lvl 3
Special abilities: None
Magic Affinities: Life, Wind
Titles: None]
Hmmm? Wait, lvl 3 already? What a busy bunny you are Jackie! Kinda excited about the mention of magic too, but we'll get to that later. More important, is the fact that under all that info I've also got the option to 'upgrade' her with the mana she's accumulated for me. Having stronger scions can really only lead to good things, so I happily oblige. Interestingly, even after upgrading her a few times, it doesn’t seem to affect her level at all. Instead, it's her base attributes that seem to have been raised, since she’s definitely moving faster and has a larger mp bar than before. I wonder if having an upgraded baseline like this will allow her to grow faster as she levels up. Well, only time and observation will tell on that front. Regardless it's clear to see that I’ll get a lot of value out of prioritizing my scions.
Speaking of priorities, I can’t help but feel a bit guilty as I turn my attention to my frog scion. Poor guy was spawned first but I haven’t even given him a name, so it’s high time I rectify that. Problem is, what to call him? He doesn’t have a clear role yet like Jackie either, which I’m certain now contributed greatly to why she took so much longer to spawn. Despite my negligence, I find him diligently commanding the other frogs and even some rabbits around like a seasoned professional. While I was busy fawning over Jackie, he’d completed my task of clearing the area of loose bugs and was now setting up patrols for my entire perimeter to sweep for other problems.
What a reliable guy! Someone this calm and capable definitely deserves an appropriately cool name. Unfortunately, as soon as I thought of capable frogs the only thing that would come to mind are the many depictions of frogs in tuxes. On top of that, picturing everyone in tuxes just made me think of the godfather movies, so now my brain is stuck on the idea of a frog mafia and it won’t let go.
“Eh, whatever. They say it's better not to overly agonize over names anyways, might as well go with my gut. From here on out Imma name you Giorno! I’ve no idea what future adventures will be in store for us, but I’ll be sure to count on you when they come, no matter how bizarre they may be.”
I give him the same number of upgrades as Jackie and then leave him to do his thing. Next stop, the spawners! Unlike when I upgrade my scions, these actually increase in lvl, presumably to spit out relatively stronger minions, eh-hem, I mean denizens. Interestingly, each level seems to swap between increasing the quality of the spawns, and increasing the quantity of them. I'll leave them both at lvl 4 for now, don't want swarms of critters with nowhere to go and nothing to do after all.
And now for the main event. The final option I found to upgrade was none other than yours truly. It's a very expensive option compared to upgrading my scions and their spawners, but it'll let me expand my borders quite a bit. If I'm a mana-making factory then the factory must grow I say! Now the only question is, which way to go? I've got the option to expand up, out, or down, and each one holds their unique pros and cons.
I'll go ahead and cross out down for now. Something tells me that I'll be sure to run into problems with enemies potentially digging around everywhere, and I'm in no mood to make my new Sanctum utterly useless. Going up would certainly be a promising option, especially since that gives the most space per mana spent, but I'd rather wait on getting into the tree's heights until I at least encompass its base I think.
So that just leaves me with outwards. Considering it looks like it'll take a couple expansions to get around the tree anyways, I think I'll focus instead on finding out what kinda body of water it is that I'm sitting on. The other benefit of expanding into the water first is that I don’t actually know what may come with the new territory, but by keeping any surprises limited to the water, I’ll remain safe and secure in my sanctum regardless. Pretty smart right?
With a fwhoosh my borders balloon outwards, and I now find myself the proud owner of some percentage of a lake. It’s unclear just how much I have since despite the size of my expansion I didn’t encounter any new shores, just more lake. The portion I have at least stretches on for more than a mile, and goes almost as deep with little sign of stopping. In fact, the only reason I can confidently call this a lake and not a sea is the lack of salt in the water.
What is in the water though, is fish, and lots of them. I was never one for fishing in my past life though, so I’ve got no idea of their species nor how to really define them besides green and scaly. My UI isn’t much help in identifying my new denizens either, as all it says of them is [Fish, lvl 1]. Well, I guess it doesn’t matter too much, it’s not like their species name would help me decide what to do with all of them anyway. It’s surprisingly peaceful in the lake, with no signs of predators or invaders anywhere. It’s enough to make me paranoid honestly, compared to the chaotic battle on land this lake is far too quiet.
I end up waiting for about an hour before finally letting myself relax in the calm atmosphere. I guess it’s safe for now at least, so might as well think about what I want to do about my new fish spawner. Ideally, I’d like to give each of my scions are more clearly defined role when they start out, so the question is what do I want from my little fishies? Ruminating on roles has me thinking back to my days spent enthusiastically on teambuilder style gacha games, much to my best friend Judithe’s chagrin. I would adamantly defend my spending by extolling the fun inherent to collecting new units, upgrading them into powerhouses, and designing a team that synergizes well with each other. Now that I think about it, my current circumstances aren’t all that dissimilar to those games. It seems like it could actually be a lot of fun, building my scions up into a powerful party ready to take on all challengers. And there is one thing in particular that every team needs to be able to thrive.
“No matter how strong a damage dealer, nor how durable the tank, they cannot carry a weak team by themselves. Only a powerful support is capable of turning a mediocre team into a competitive one.”
I chuckle to myself, imagining the look of exasperation Judithe would always have upon hearing me repeat that line with each new game. But they are words to live by, and I intend to stick by them still. With the very real possibility of magic here in my new world, I suspect all kinds of buffs, debuffs, and healing will be possible. So with that role in mind, I turn to the fish spawner and then decide to push the envelope even further.
From the testing I’ve done with the rabbit and frog spawners, it would seem that I can only ever have 1 scion per spawner, as I’ve been unable to designate any more since Jackie or Giorno. But that’s only tested for cases made after the original scion has been born. What would happen if I tried to influence the spawner with the mental image of the designated scion splitting and developing separately like twins in the womb? I’ve got plenty of mana saved up at this point, and with the coast all clear of danger, I decide that the only way to know is to find out.
[Designate Scion?]
I make a mental note that the UI has updated the prompt now that I’m aware of what the process entails and accept. Immediately I’m left reeling as first it takes the same amount of mana as Jackie had, then doubles it, and doubles it once more for good measure. The timer over the fish spawner now reads 4 hours, and I’m completely spent on mana reserves. Whether my plan worked or not, I think I can safely say that I won’t be doing that again; the mana consumption is just too great and too inefficient.
Naturally, it is at this moment that my presumptions of safety were laughingly disposed of. First, a handful, then a dozen, a now hundreds of forms flitted into my domain from beyond its borders. It was a large flock of herons, and each one bore the same title overhead, [Invader]. So much for the idea that expanding into the water would keep the potential enemies confined to it. Helplessly, I watched the horde settle in to begin the wholesale slaughter of their preferred prey, namely my poor fish and frogs.
Um, excuse me, police? I’d like to report a stalker named Murphy, and would very much like a restraining order, please. What’s with this absurd level of difficulty and atrocious timing?
Trying valiantly not to let panic set in, I get Jackie to rush over as fast as she can to protect Giorno from becoming dinner. Despite their size, herons should still have light and brittle bones due to being birds, so they won’t be in a rush to try and pick a fight with my most ferocious scion. Much to her frustration though, they don’t dare get in close enough range for her to pick a fight either, so Jackie is forced to stand helplessly and watch the massacre unfold.
I’ve got no mana, and no options left…No, I can’t think like that. There has to be a way out of this mess, some method or advantage to overturn the food chain. Looking at Giorno shaking with fury beside Jackie’s legs, it occurs to me that the answer is staring me in the face, but I’ll need mana to pull it off, and probably lots of it. Thankfully, standing at almost 4 feet tall these herons are sure to have plenty to offer, I just need 1 to pull off this desperate gambit, so it’s time to go all in. Since my frogs are getting eaten anyways, I get a handful of them to jump straight into the gullet of one of the herons, and then have them spread their limbs out and clog the blasted bird’s throat. It takes a few tries, but eventually, it collapses in a heap unable to breathe past my kamikaze amphibians.
The surge in mana lifts my spirits and I immediately dump it all into the frog spawner, searching for my salvation. After a few levels, I’m prompted to choose a specialization to permanently lock the spawner into, and with a shout of victory, I find just what I was hoping for. Poisonous frogs. The kind of brilliantly colored frog that spells doom for all that would wish to make it prey. I quickly queue up a line of them, and one by one they pop out into the fray, only to be immediately snatched up by an unsuspecting heron.
The cost of one frog, vs the giant quantity of mana I get from the resulting dead dodo-brain, is overwhelming in my favor, so the tides are quick to turn. The unending aggression apparently inherent to all invaders actually works in my favor, since the birds cannot seem to help themselves from attacking my bright defenders, thus falling to the same trick time and time again. As the last birds fall and the waters grow still once again, the sun seemingly slips past the horizon and darkness falls, marking the end of my first, and very eventful, day in this new world.
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This is a list of pit bull attacks and fatalities documented on social media for the month of March 2023. This list will be edited throughout the month and after as new incidents are reported.
For attacks reported in the media and fatalities please see MARCH 2023 LIST.

TOTAL ATTACKS LOGGED: 242

CHILD FATALITIES:
ADULT FATALITIES: 5
ANIMAL FATALITIES: 46
TOTAL FATALITIES: 51
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March 01

Total: 0

March 02

Virginia, United States - golden doodle attacked - Link to Post
Dubuque, Iowa - person bitten by pit bull - Link to Post
San Antonio, TX - dog attacked by pit bulls - Link to Post
Unknown location - dog attacked by pit bull - Link to Post
United States - dog attacked by off leash pit bull - Link to Post
Total: 5

March 03

Colorado Springs, Colorado - dog attacked by pit bull - Link to Post
Total: 1

March 04

Denver, CO - attack on dog - Link to Post
Unconfirmed location - German shepherd attacked by 3 pits - Link to Post
Rock Springs, Wyoming - pit attacks another dog at dog park - Link to Post
Total: 3

March 05

North Carolina, United States - child bitten by family pit bull - Link to Post
Benton, Arkansas - 11 year old attacked by pit bull - Link to Post
Hampton, Virginia - dog attacked by pit bull - Link to Post
Glossop, England - Dalmatian attacked by pit bull - Link to Post
Omagh, England - (near miss) dog attacked by pit bull - Link to Post
Saratov, Russia - 11 year old boy bitten by pit bull - Link to Post
Total: 6

March 06

Honolulu, Hawaii - infant in stroller attacked by pit bull - Link to Post
Lake Worth, Florida - schnauzer attacked by pit bull - Link to Post
Unconfirmed location - dog attacked by pit bull - (images 7&8) -Link to Post
Total: 3

March 07

Parker City, Indiana - child attacked by pit bull - Link to Post
Trenton, GA - neighbor pit bull attacks child, no serious injuries - Link to Post
Total: 2

March 08

Unconfirmed location - pit mix bites owner’s friend - Link to Post
Dallas, Texas - person attacked by pit bull - Link to Post
United States - man bit by pit bull at groomers - Link to Post
Lactunga, Ecuador - dog attacked by pit bull - Link to Post
Anderson, Indiana - dog attacked by neighbors pit bull - Link to Post
Unconfirmed location – dog (Emma) attacked by three pit bulls and seriously injured – image 15 - Link to Post
Total: 6

March 09

North Carolina - person attacked by pit bull and was hospitalized - Link to Post
NSW, Australia - pit bulls attack one another, owner bitten - Link to Post
Columbus, Indiana - Maltese attacked by pit bull (breed confirmed) - slide 7 -- Link to Post
Vail, Arizona - dog attacked by pit bull, surgery required but dog survived - Link to Post
Indiana, United States - Maltese attacked by pit bull - Link to Post
Total: 5

March 10

Tuscaloosa, Alabama - goat attacked by pit bull - image 6 -Link to Post
Baltimore, Maryland - loose pit attacked another dog - image 10 - Link to Post
Unconfirmed location - 14 year old dachshund attacked by pit bull – image 4, 5 - Link to Post
Washington - dog attacked by pit bull - image 1 - Link to Post
Minnesota - person, another dog, and a cat attacked by pitbull - Link to Post
Total: 5

March 11

Unconfirmed location - woman (owner) and friend attacked - Link to Post
Washington State, United States - 17 month old “nipped” in the face by pit/rot mix - Link to Post
Unconfirmed location - woman and dog (Teddy) attacked while on walk - Link to Post
Rochdale, UK - dog attacked by pit bull (pit and run) - Link to Post
Louisiana - small dog attacked by neighbors pit bull - Link to Post
Maryland, United States - male bitten by pit bull in parking lot - Link to Post
Total: 6

March 12

Reno, Nevada - goats critically injured - image 02 - Link to Post
Beckenham, UK - dog attacked at dog park - image 03 - Link to Post
Columbus, Ohio - Man attacked by a friends pit bull - Link to Post
Blaine, Washington - Boston Terrier attacked by pit bull (both dogs have the same owner) - Link to Post
San Carlos, Mexico - golden doodle attacked by pit - Link to Post
Anderson, Indiana - dog attacked by pit bull - (image 8) - Link to Post
Total: 6

March 13

Pasco, Washington - dog attacked by pit bull - Link to Post
Georgetown, Ohio - miniature donkey attacked - (image 1) - Link to Post
Murray, Utah - woman and child attacked by two pit bulls - (image 3) - Link to Post
Comal County, Texas - male and female adult owners attacked by pit bull as well as another dog - image 13 - Link to Post
Belhaven, North Carolina - dog attacked by unrestrained pit bull - image 14, 15 - Link to Post
Total: 5

March 14

Metro Atlanta, Georgia - elderly lab attacked by pit bull - Link to Post
Toronto, Ontario - labernard puppy attacked by pit bull - Link to Post
Akron East, Ohio - elderly man and dog attacked by pit bull - Link to Post
Starkville, Mississippi - man attacked by family pit bull, sustained serious injuries - Link to Post
Lorain, Ohio - Chihuahua attacked by owner's American Bulldog - Link to Post
Total: 5

March 15

Watts, Texas - woman attacked by pit bull - image 3 - Link to Post
Total: 1

March 16

Ottowa, Ontario - man attacked by pit bull at bus stop - Link to Post
Charlotte, North Carolina – woman attacked by pit bull while walking her two dogs – image 5 - Link to Post
Danville, California – dog (Jasper) attacked while on walk by pit bull – image 19 - Link to Post
Proctorville, Ohio – man bitten and dogs attacked by white pit bull – image 20 - Link to Post
Saint Petersburg, Florida – small dog (Bella) attacked by neighbors pit bull, no serious injuries – image 13 - Link to Post
California - dog attacked by off leash pit bull - Link to Post
Total: 6

March 17

Unconfirmed location – dog attacked by pit bull – image 10 - Link to Post
Scranton, Pennsylvania – dog named ‘Burrito’ attacked by neighbors two dogs, one of which was a pit, Burrito was injured – image 12 - Link to Post
Aberdeen, United Kingdom – brown labradoodle was attacked by “bully type” – image 14 - Link to Post
Miles City, Montana – man and dog both attacked by the same pit bull – image 3 - Link to Post
Staten Island, New York – dog attacked by pit bull – image 1 - Link to Post
Unconfirmed location - man attacked by pit bull, sustained serious injuries and was hospitalized - image 4 - Link to Post
Total: 6

March 18

West Virginia – dog attacked by two pit bulls – image 1 - Link to Post
Richmond, Virginia - woman and small dog attacked, woman sustained a broken finger - Link to Post
Laramie, Wyoming - pit bull bit a person - image 12 - Link to Post
Minnesota - golden doodle attacked by pit at PetSmart - Link to Post
Total: 4

March 19

South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Shiba Inu attacked by off leash pit bull - image 1 - Link to Post
Michigan - woman bit, golden retriever attacked (status unknown) - Link to Post
New Orleans, Louisiana - man attacked by pit bull, owner of dog does a pit and run - Link to Post
Texas - 9 month old baby attacked by pit bull-lab mix - image 3 - Link to Post
Georgia - Dog named 'Prince' attacked - image 4 - Link to Post
Missouri - 6 month old puppy attacked by neighbor's pit bull - image 5 - Link to Post
Portland, Oregon - small dog 'Nelson' attacked by neighbor's pit bull - images 9-16 - Link to Post
Unconfirmed Location - woman attacked by husband's pit bull - Link to Post
Total: 8

March 20

Florida, United States - cat attacked by pit bull - Link to Post
North Carolina, United States - small dog named Louie attacked - image 9,10,11 - Link to Post
Kern County, California - pit bull attacked dog - image 17 - Link to Post
Total: 3

March 21

West Olive, Michigan - Woman attacked by pitbull, sustained minor injuries - Link to Post
Unconfimed location - dog attacked by pit bull resulting in serious injuries - image 12 - Link to Post
Total: 2

March 22

Round Lake, Illinois - dog and owner attacked by two off leash pit bulls - Link to Post
Total: 1

March 23

Washington, United States - pit bull attacks dog on bus and then bites owner - Link to Post
Total: 1

March 24

Ohio - child attacked by pit bull - Link to Post
Total: 1

March 25

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March 29

March 30

March 31

Unconfirmed dates

California - dog attacked by pit bull, man bit - image 14, 15, 16 - Link to Post
Cape Coral, Florida - Yorkie attacked by pit bull - image 2 - Link to Post
South Carolina - small dog 'Bentley' was attacked by a pit bull and sustained serious injuries - Link to Post
North Carolina - dog attacked by pit bull - Link to Post
Keystone Heights, Florida - chihuahua named Bennie attacked by two pit bulls - image 03 - Link to Post
Irvine, California - dog attacked by pit bull - Link to Post
Proctorville, Ohio - dogs and their owner attacked by pit bull - Link to Post
Sacramento, California - staff member of kenneling facility bit by pit bull - Link to Post
San Antonio, Texas - miniature schnauzer attacked by pit bull - Link to Post
Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham, UK - dog attacked by three Staffordshire bull terriers - (image 11) - Link to Post
Washington state - pom-chi attacked by neighbor's pit bull - image 2 - Link to Post
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia – dog attacked by large pit bull/mastiff mix, owner did a “pit and run” – image 17,18 - Link to Post
Central Park, New York, New York – dog attacked by unsecured American Bully – image 19 – Link to Post
Jacksonville, Florida – small dog named Pluto attacked and seriously injured by two pit bulls – image 2 - Link to Post
Summerville, South Carolina - farm animals attacked - Link to Post
Unconfirmed Date & Location
Man attacked by pit bull while doing snow removal at work - image 5 - Link to Post
Dog attacked by pit bull - images 3, 4 - Link to Post
Child bit in the face - image 05 - Link to Post
Dog sitters fingers broken trying to break up dog fight - Link to Post
Small dog attacked by three pit bulls -(image 2) - Link to Post
Dogs (2) attacked by two pit bulls - (images 9,10) - Link to Post
Dog seriously attacked and injured by unrestrained pit bull - images 16, 17 - Link to Post
Dog attacked by pit bull - image 5 - Link to Post
Woman and her dog were attacked by pit mix, owner did a “pit and run” – image 15 - Link to Post
Great Pyrenees attacked by pit bull – image 2 - Link to Post
Small dog name kissy attacked by pit – image 6, 7 - Link to Post
Person’s best friend attacked by pit bull – image 18 – unclear if the best friend is a human or animal - Link to Post
Boston terrier named Bruno attacked by pit bull - image 2 - Link to Post
Total: 28