Mage or Not to Mage

Xelor is going to use Axel for quite some time as this weapon increases her ability to act. But she is also a hunter and wants to have a hunting weapon.

We consulted with a master shovel smith, and she said it was possible to make Axel a hunting weapon. However, it could be risky and expensive. Right now xelor’s shovel is maged to almost perfect condition, therefore its capacity is almost used and no one is sure if it will accept a hunting rune without losing current bonuses. On the other hand the power of the modern hunting runes is lower than it used to be — sram managed to mage her new daggers to almost perfect condition even after making them a hunting weapon.

I think the most reasonable will be forging one more Axel and try a hunting rune on it. If something goes wrong xelor still will have her good shovel.

Or maybe we should Axel maging idea altogether and wait till xelor is capable of wielding a metal hammer. This hammer is so much easier to mage. But I’m not sure she is going to switch to it: the damage is much higher, but she will lose the ability to cast that additional Slow Down spell she is so fond of…

New Lands

Access to another part of Frigost soon will be opened. However, not everyone will be able to see the new lands. Those who seek further exploration are required to defend the bosses of three dungeons in already discovered part of the island. Can be tricky, if you ask me. Nonetheless cra managed to sneak in.

She hasn’t seen all the new areas, only the one closest to the transport. And it is inhabited by relatives of firefouxes — snowfouxes. Unlike their fire brothers and sisters snow foxes are aggressive and hit harder, but they can’t move as fast and therefore can be immobilised easier. In fact cra engaged in a fight with two of them and managed to win even being absolutely unprepared. She claimed they were an easy prey, at least for a cra. The only thing she advised to be concerned with was the ability of some foxes to use a spell similar to the kaniger’s luck. While kanigers can cast it only on themselves, foxes can cast it on a group of allies. Cra was really unlucky and healed foxes more often than damaged them, still she managed to win.

New area is also inhabited by people. There is a small village in the centre. It seems it has no new paddocks, only new houses to buy.