Chapter 605 Ability Specialization
For this chapter, you can choose one of the three bonus feats: "Endurance", "Brutal Strike" and "Ability Focus".
Gao Fei has already obtained "Endurance" in the Berserker module, so he will rule this option out first.
Both "Brutal Strike" and "Ability Focus" are very powerful, so it is not easy to choose between them.
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Brutal Strike: The character's melee weapons (including natural weapons) have an additional +1 damage dice.
Ability Focus: The character has an advantage in a certain type of supernatural ability attack, and the difficulty of the exemption is calculated into the double proficiency modifier. This feat can be selected repeatedly, and each time it needs to be paired with a different type of ability.
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Not long ago, when Gao Fei was on duty in Xingzhou, he saw the "Brutal Strike" feat from his new teammate Xu Zhigang.
As the name suggests, it is a simple and crude way to increase the damage dice, which is very practical.
"Ability Focus" Gao Fei has seen on his pet Pearl, which can enhance a certain type of supernatural ability.
For example, Pearl has "Ability Focus (Ray)".
In other words, all her ray-type abilities can be enhanced by this feat, with an advantage in attack rolls and a double proficiency modifier for the DC of the exemption.
"Ability Focus" is similar to "Weapon Focus" and can be selected repeatedly, with a specialization type specified each time.
Compared to the real "brutal attack", "Ability Focus" provides a broader imagination space and has more potential.
If these two specialties are regarded as two entrepreneurial projects, "Ability Focus" will definitely be more favored by the capital market.
However, the problem is that Gao Fei can't find a landing scenario for this specialty for the time being.
The so-called "ability focus" first requires you to have a type of supernatural ability to "specialize".
Mimic, do you have supernatural abilities that require attack rolls or exemptions like "eye waves"?
Gao Fei thought about it and barely found two.
One is the "witchcraft" of the "warlock mask".
The second is the "performance" of the "bard mask".
In addition, there are no other supporting skills.
Isn't magic possible?
Sorry, "Ability Focus" is not applicable to magic, otherwise Gao Fei would not have hesitated.
This is in the game.
What about in reality?
The expertise obtained in the game will be included in the list of free expertise in reality.
In reality, does Gao Fei have any supernatural abilities that can be matched with "Ability Focus"?
The "Dragon Breath" and "Dragon Power" of the Dragon Warrior both meet the requirements.
However, it is not worthwhile to configure a free expertise just to strengthen "Dragon Breath" or "Dragon Power".
After some analysis and comparison, if Gao Fei is a rational person, he should give up the "Ability Focus" that looks beautiful but is actually useless, and choose the "Brutal Strike" that can bring immediate benefits and is simple and practical.
He really wants to do this.
Unfortunately, he couldn't restrain his inner impulse in the end and chose "Ability Focus".
At this moment, his mentality is like that of a venture capitalist. He knows that this expertise will not bring any benefits at present, but he can't help but imagine a bright future.
If you find a suitable scenario in the future, and you don't have this card in your hand, won't you regret it?
One less "brutal blow" is nothing more than less damage.
This kind of opportunity cost can be calculated, and it is not a big problem if it is missed.
Gao Fei can afford this level of loss.
However, the opportunity cost of missing one "ability specialization" is so great that it cannot be estimated at all. It is possible that you will miss the next opportunity. How dare you let it go easily?
After selecting the bonus specialty, Gao Fei received another system prompt.
The magic ring "Masquerade" given by Miss Lisa completed the second-level synchronization as the level increased.
From now on, the storage space of the ring can store up to three sets of equipment-including armor and weapons.
Today's victory in the duel field helped the newly opened "Colt and Justice Duel Agency" to become famous and obtain rich profits.
Mrs. Jones readily paid Gao Fei a commission of 5,000 gold pounds and took the initiative to promise to help him introduce business in the future.
Old man Franklin kept his word. On the afternoon of the day the duel ended, he sent a servant to deliver a letter to Gao Fei.
In the letter, the old man congratulated Gao Fei on his victory in the duel, thanked him for protecting the interests of his niece, and asked him if he had thought about what spell scrolls he wanted.
Gao Fei had already thought about this question.
He wrote back to old man Franklin and listed the spell scrolls he wanted.
A level 6 mimic can only cast 2nd ring magic at most.
According to the agreement, Gao Fei can choose three 0~2nd ring magic scrolls.
For the sake of maximizing benefits, of course, he has to choose 2nd ring.
That night, Gao Fei received a thank-you gift from old man Franklin.
The three scrolls were copied with "attribute enhancement", "scorching rays" and "fuel magic".
Needless to say, the first two.
"Fuel magic" is still quite rare.
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2nd level "Oil Spell": Range 120 feet, creates a 20-foot spread of slippery grease, creatures in it will fall if they fail their Reflex save. This grease is flammable, and the flame formed after ignition lasts for 1 round/level, causing 2d6 burning damage/round to creatures in contact.
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The first half of the function of "Oil Spell" is exactly the same as that of the 1st level "Grease Spell", both of which have a control effect.
The grease produced by both is equally slippery, the difference is that the latter is not flammable, while the former will burn violently when it touches a spark.
Gao Fei specifically asked old man Franklin for the "Fuel Spell" mainly because of the "flammable" property.
Imagine that the enemy falls into a large pool of slippery oil mud, and his whole body is covered with grease.
Then, the grease is ignited, and the enemy is trapped in the sea of fire, constantly burning, and unable to get up from the slippery mud. He can only struggle in despair until he is burned to charcoal.
In addition, creatures that step on the "Greasy Spell" or "Fuel Spell", whether they fall or not, will lose the agility correction on defense because the ground under their feet is too slippery, which is equivalent to being caught off guard.
Professions with the "sneak attack" ability, such as thieves and mimics, can launch sneak attacks on "caught off guard" creatures.
The means of sneak attacks can be melee or long-range shooting, such as "scorching rays".
Three "scorching rays" were fired. Assuming all of them hit, they could cause three sneak attacks of damage respectively, and ignite the grease on the target's body, asking him to be himself in the fire.
After finishing the fifth chapter of "Duel Agent", Gao Fei quit the game.
Jiang Feng and Ma Yun were fighting in the cave of the green-footed dragon snake. It would take about 20 minutes to finish this chapter.
Gao Fei went offline to rest and boil water for tea.
Suddenly he remembered something and opened the star map to check his level and experience value.
