A Bug in the Game

by Harper Potts

The tale of Taylor Hebert, but not as you know her from Worm. This Taylor made different choices as to what kind of hero she wanted to be, and the story changed. Then she discovered James Barron trapped in her locker, and the story changed again. Companion Story to Co-Op Mode. Worm AU Gamer pseudo-SI.

16. James's Character Sheet - Arc 2

Character sheet for Beetle Knight as of the end of Arc 2 of Co-Op mode. Written by Faria Lyton and reposted here with permission.

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James Barron aka Beetle Knight

James Barron
Apprentice Undead Hunter
Level 14
HP: 915/1085
MP: 6/2570

Attributes:
Str: 26
Agi: 38
Vit: 19
Int: 39
Wis: 15
Luck: 5
Unspent Points: 15

Skills:
A Gamer's Body (Passive) Lvl MAX
Grants the user a body like a game character.
Health and general soundness of body are reflected as HP.
Powers and special efforts use MP.
Sleeping restores all HP/MP and relieves all status effects.

A Gamer's Mind (Passive) Lvl MAX
Allows the user to calmly and logically think things through.
Allows peaceful state of mind.
Immunity to psychological status effects.

Blunt Weapon Mastery (Passive) Lvl 6
Allows the user to freely handle blunt weapons.
10% increase in attack damage with blunt weapons.
5% increase in attack speed with blunt weapons.

Chinese (Passive) Lvl 1
Allows the user to read, write, speak, and understand Mandarin, Cantonese, and many other sub-dialects.
At this level, the user has a pre-schooler's comprehension and will suffer misunderstandings between the various dialects.
Zhōngguó shì dìqiú shàng zuì chángyòng de yǔyán de kǒuyǔ.

Craft (Active) Lvl 1
A skill to make something.
Crafted objects become better as mastery level rises.
Chance to fail when crafting: 50%

Detect Enemies (Passive) Lvl 1
A skill to detect hidden enemies.
1% increase in chance of spotting a hidden enemy.

Dodge (Sustained) Lvl 7 / 100 MP per minute
A dedicated action to avoid an attack.
+70% to AGI while dodging.

Finishing Blow (Active) Lvl 5
Allows the user to strike an incapacitated target for bonus damage.
125% increase in critical rate.
500% increase in attack damage.
Can only be used on prone opponents.

Gambling (Passive) Lvl 1
Knowledge of games of chance and stratagems for success. +1% LUK
Lucky in cards...

Grounding Strike (Active) Lvl 3 / 20 MP
Knocks the target out of the air. 45% increase in attack damage per foot to ground.
...and hard!

ID Create (Active) Lvl 2
Used to create instant dungeons.
Stronger instant dungeons can be created according to level.
Dungeons available:
Empty
Zombie

ID Escape (Active) Lvl 2
Used to exit instant dungeons.
Higher levels can be used to escape more powerful barriers.

Jeet Kune Do (Passive) Lvl 8
A hybrid martial art with a focus on real-world combat and interrupting the opponent's attacks.
Passively increases speed and damage of unarmed attacks by 80%
Passively grants an 8% chance to disrupt the opponent's next attack within a second on a successful hit.
When you're talking about fighting, as it is, with no rules, well then, baby you'd better train every part of your body!

Knife Mastery (Passive) Lvl 6
Knife Throwing (Passive) Lvl 1
Light Armor Mastery (Passive) Lvl 5
Observe (Active) Lvl 7
Physical Endurance (Passive) Lvl 5
Power Strike (Active) Lvl 11
Rising Strike (Active) Lvl 1
Singing (Passive) Lvl 1
Sense Danger (Passive) Lvl 5
Stealth (Sustained) Lvl 3

No established PRT rating