Chapter 221 Three Choices (End of this Volume)
What is instilled is still the collectivism of the kobolds, but this kind of collectivism has changed slightly. It is not in individual tribes or kobolds, but in the form of a cover. Wen is the dragon oak collar at the core of leadership.
Given that kobolds have a very short growth period and reproduce very quickly, they are not suitable for being generalists. Specialization is the most suitable for them.
Therefore, after completing the most basic three months of enlightenment education, the educational routes will be divided into majors based on their own attributes.
Mainly focus on six major subjects: management, construction, blasting, traps, mining, and alchemy.
It can also be seen from the six major disciplines that Gavin's positioning of kobolds in his territory is to specialize in engineering.
As for frontal combat and planting.
After seeing the strength of the hobgoblin wolf cavalry, the kobold main battle legion plan has been temporarily shelved.
Compared with these main battle races, kobolds have no advantage in this regard, even if they turn on dragon transformation.
What was abandoned was only the main battle corps plan. The auxiliary engineering corps plan was still being carried out step by step. The construction process was the training process of the engineering corps.
In terms of digging holes, paving roads, and building bridges, kobolds have absolute advantages that other races do not have.
In addition to his outstanding talent in cultivating fey, Gavin already had new ideas brewing and decided not to do this and continue to waste time on kobolds.
After two ten days of contact, these wilderness kobolds far exceeded Gavin's expectations. They were not high in perception and charisma, but triple high in intelligence, perception, and charisma.
The speed of development and learning is far beyond imagination.
During Gavin's stay, their bodies have more than doubled in size. Some of those with a natural perception attribute of 13 or above have begun to try to refine flutter based on their rough knowledge of alchemical theory. bomb.
Although the flutter bomb they refined was only as big as a quail egg, it was more unstable and would explode during the refining process.
But at least it shows that they have unprecedented talent in this area.
Maybe Gavin doesn’t need to wait five years, or even two or three years. It only takes a year and a half before they can control their own power and make a real attempt.
Gavin hurriedly transferred the old kobold alchemist with the most senior qualifications in the alchemy laboratory and let him teach this subject specifically.
Flutter bombs are one of the most important military supplies in the Dragon Oak Territory.
No amount of hoarding is ever too much.
Alchemist is the first choice profession of these wilderness kobolds.
Even if they all find this profession, Gavin will not be too partial to it, but will be happy from ear to ear.
Gavin had already experienced the teaching ability of the old kobold alchemist. It was said that a bomb could touch the bloodline and the origin of the dragon. Instead, it could use elements and raw materials. A few words about proportions and other rough details.
The process of the old kobold alchemist preparing flutter bombs is similar to this. The alchemy materials used for auxiliary purposes, let alone being accurate to the gram, are often thrown around and used as they come. The order of placing the materials is: The amount of ingredients is different every time.
But it just so happens that flutter bombs are often deployed successfully by him.
The whole process is very fantasy and very kobold.
What is even more fantastic and kobold is that these wilderness kobolds actually understand it, and the success rate of deployment has been greatly improved.
Gavin did not believe in evil. After sending the old kobold alchemist away, he asked the young wilderness kobolds to conduct experiments step by step, trying to figure out the detailed ingredients list of the flutter bomb, and further Stabilize flutter bomb power and success rate.
The result surprised him.
It was done, but every young wilderness kobold who could prepare flutter bombs had a different list of ingredients.
Ask them to follow the preparation table they made every time and proceed meticulously. The stability and success rate of the prepared flutter bomb will not be improved, but will be greatly reduced.
Ask them to throw away the mix list and do what they feel, and everything will be back to normal in no time.
Gavin could only sigh and gave up the idea of standardization for the time being.
This flutter bomb is likely to involve chaos theory. There are unstable factors in it, and the kobolds need to sense the magic power themselves and conduct neutralization and deployment.
And no matter how smart these young wilderness kobolds are, they are just little ones who have just turned one month old and have learned too little. Real improvement requires not only that they fully understand the kobolds' talents, but also that they have enough practical experience and enough More theoretical experience in human alchemy, this will be the focus of Gavin's next collection.
In addition to teaching the young wilderness kobolds, Gavin spent the most time with Lord Virginia during the rest of the time. Apart from official business, what the two of them did most was sex between men and women.
During this period, the two of them developed new tricks. In addition to physical blending, they also added soul blending, a double sublimation.
The euphemistic name is knowledge inheritance.
Recently, Lord Virginia is passing on his mage knowledge to Gavin without reservation.
Gavin, on the other hand, packaged up all his melee skills and gave them back to the Lord of Virginia.
No one has too much knowledge or skills.
Especially when there is a convenient way to learn quickly.
Even if you don’t use it, you will still know how to deal with such an opponent in the future.
What’s more, the situation on the battlefield is complicated.
It is not uncommon for mages to need close combat, and they can even exert unusual power. Dragon Oak Dreamland is one of the typical examples.
The Dead Magic Zone, the Forbidden Demon Zone and the Forbidden Demon Realm are not uncommon in Faerûn.
Virginia Lord attaches great importance to melee combat skills. The fight between two fairies often starts with a discussion of melee combat skills.
Gavin, on the other hand, has reached the fourth level threshold and is following the predetermined path of an arcanist. Instead of continuing to upgrade to a psychic, he chose to become a part-time mage.
This upgrade also rewards a little attribute improvement. This is a fixed reward that must be given once every four levels of professional level.
Gavin did not hesitate to focus on his intelligence, making his inherent intelligence attribute reach an extraordinary 20 points. Even without using bionics, he could still use the extraordinary intelligence reward ability to overclock.
The warrior bonus feat is jumping attack.
In fact, when you have running and jumping boots, it is a disadvantage to choose this ability, which will cause overlapping abilities.
This is offset by the special ability after the feat combination is turned on.
When a professional has the three specialties of dodge, flexible movement and jumping attack, he can perform a jumping slash or jumping thrust while holding a slashing or piercing weapon, allowing him to slash. Or a piercing attack, which has extraordinary lethality.
This special ability can be regarded as an agile warrior. It is the easiest to activate in the early stage and is also the most practical.
When you become a mage, the transcription scroll and magic pet expertise will inevitably be enabled at the first level.
The former allows the mage to make magic scrolls and improves the success rate.
The latter allows the mage to obtain a magic pet, whose properties are similar to that of a spiritual crystal servant, and will increase as the mage's professional level increases.
Because many of the abilities are the same as those of the Spirit Crystal Servant, Gavin feels that it will not be very helpful in improving his strength. In addition, there is no suitable one, so he has not chosen a magic pet yet.
As for faction specialization, Gavin directly chose the universal faction.
Because what is going to happen in the future is the arcana master whose level of psion and mage will be upgraded at the same time.
This determines that he has dual spell-casting methods. After consuming all the spell slots, he still has psychic powers, and vice versa.
He does not need the extra spell casting slots provided by the specialized factions. It is better to be more popular and can learn all spells, especially since he has obtained a large amount of spell knowledge from the Virginia Lord. Spell dependence is relatively low.
Except for some unique spells and the first three-ring spells, Gavin has already obtained them all from Lord Virginia. The rest is a matter of slowly studying and integrating them.
This is the most powerful and troublesome part of the mage.
As long as you have the ability and energy, you can collect all the spells in the world into your own mage book.
Even Virginia, who is the leader of the Fairy Wilderness, has only collected them all. The first three rings are the easiest to collect, and the higher the level of the subsequent spells, the smaller the number. Especially after the Fifth Ring Road, money can no longer buy it.
Unless it is inherited or exchanged for equal-level spells, you can only use a few basic spells given by the magic network.
Not to mention some ancient inheritance or unique spells. Name: Gavin Nott
Age: 16 years old
Height: 1.82 meters
Attributes: Strength 14+4 (Dragon Fang Gloves), Constitution 16, Agility 17, Intelligence 20, Perception 17, Charm 18
Professions: Level 3 Psion/Level 1 Mage
Psychic Points: 18 points
Psychic Skills: Psychic Bullet, Vitality, Skin Thickening, Bionics, Escape Skin, Pain Transfer, Crystal Cluster
HP: 51 (HP Dice 1D10+3D4+2 0+15 (obtained by opening the dragon oak portal)
Saving saves: Fortitude +5, Reflex +4, Will +10
Feat: Health (can provide 2 points of health per career level) , dodge (can better perceive danger , to dodge), Affinity Crystal (can synchronize Psychic Crystals and make Psychic Servants), Firm Will (will have a +2 advantage in terms of firm will), Flexible Movement (more conducive to evasion), Alertness (Psychic Servant) when around), the power of will (let Your own will is stronger and can resist charm and psychic attacks), jumping attacks (can make jumping attacks more powerful), transcription scrolls (can make magic scrolls and increase the success rate), familiars (give magic pets to wizards) < br>
Equipment: sharp sword, jumping boots, sharp spear, dragon fang gloves, dragon vision glasses, Howard's convenience bag, jackal big bow, two hand axes, two daggers, battle armor, ten dragon flutter bombs< br>
Elven blood: It has an advantage when fighting against charm, and will not fall into sleep due to magic effects, and can enter the trance state unique to elves.
Echo of the Legendary Warrior Soul: All warrior skills are regarded as skills of this profession. Weapons and armors of the warrior profession are regarded as proficiency. The first life die is calculated as a warrior, and during upgrades, additional bonuses are obtained. Warrior's additional feats
Golden destiny milestone: Carrier Bug Terminator - Enlightenment, Dragon Oak Mother Tree's error-free teleportation.
Silver Destiny Milestone: Black Death Terminator - Demon Hunter.
Enlightenment (Special Ability) - Ability to enlighten non-intelligent animals and plants, used once per day.
Dragon Oak Mother's Errorless Teleportation (Special Ability) - Can be teleported back to the Dragon Oak Mother's safe house, used once a day.
Demon Hunter (Special Ability) - Any attack against demonic creatures will have an additional damage bonus of 3D6 (3-18), especially for demonic jackal creatures, the extra damage will be the maximum.
Fairy Step (Special Ability) - Given by the Supreme Fairy Wilderness Contract, it can teleport five meters.
Soul Dragon Transformation (Special Ability) - Add one to all attributes.
Energy Dragon Wings (Special Ability) - After activation, gain the ability to fly.
Life enhancement (special ability) - Improve physical fitness by one point and vitality by 15 points (obtained by opening the dragon oak portal).
Overclocking (Special Ability) - Extraordinary intelligence reward. The powerful intelligence will react on the body, allowing you to enter a state of surpassing yourself. All attributes will be increased by two points. This bonus is an intrinsic special bonus. Does not conflict with attribute improvement, duration is one minute/Intelligence adjustment value (Insufficient intelligence, cannot be activated).
Leap Slash/Leap Pierce (Special Ability) - When holding a weapon suitable for slashing or piercing, the power of slashing or piercing will be extraordinary (the combination of dodge, flexible movement and jumping attack feats is enabled) .
Psychic Crystal Servant: Artoria
Micro Construct
Hit Dice: 25 (half of the owner)
Characteristics: Construct properties, hardness 8, proficient in evasion, personality, self-movement, shared powers, and clairvoyance , psychic link, transfer of contact power
Attributes: Strength 1, Agility 15, Constitution -, Intelligence 12, Perception 13, Charisma 15
Skills: Climb +14, Listen +6, Stealth +6, Search +2, Investigation +6
Construct properties: Psicrystal is resistant to poisons, sleep, paralysis, shock, disease, death effects, necromancy effects, mind-affecting effects (charm, coercion, phantom hallucinations, psychic hallucinations, and morale effects) and anything that requires strong Immune to the effect on Fortitude saves (unless the effect also affects the object, or the effect is harmless).
It is not affected by critical hits, nonlethal damage, ability damage, ability drain, fatigue, exhaustion, or energy drain.
It cannot cure damage, but it can be repaired. Psicrystals do not have darkvision or low-light vision that are common features of constructs.
Psicrystal Special Abilities: The Psicrystal described here has the special abilities of self-movement, alertness, evasion proficiency, shared powers, mind link, clairvoyance and the personality of the Psicrystal, and the ability to pass on contact. . (If the owner does not choose to enable self-movement, the psicrystal's speed is 0 and has no strength and agility values).
Skill: Psicrystal (when self-movement is enabled) uses the Dexterity modifier instead of the Strength modifier to make Climb checks. It has a +8 racial bonus on all Climb checks and can choose to always take 10, even when rushed or threatened.
The second form of the Psychic Servant: Spinner Cannon
Enhanced Psychic Bullets (Special Ability): This gun can fire psychic bullets. The range of the psychic bullets fired through this gun will be doubled, and the enemy's immunity will be difficult. A small increase, the damage and shock time will be slightly increased.
Ghost Bullets (Special Ability): Automatically fill up with special bullets every day, a total of five.
One bullet, two shots (Special ability): After hitting the enemy with a ghost bullet, a psychic bullet will automatically be attached, and the target will automatically hit regardless of saving throw.
Virginia, who had just finished a strenuous exercise, said lazily: "In recent times, I see that you have been absent-minded. Is your mind no longer here?"
Gavin was stunned, but did not deny it, but was a little surprised and said: "Am I so obvious?"
"It's more than obvious, it's almost written on his face." Of course the Lord of Virginia didn't I would say that I feel it more from Gavin’s soul. This is not a lie, " Tell me, do you have any new plans?”
“The development of Dragon Oak Territory has reached a bottleneck and entered a period of silence. I want to go out and open up a new territory that echoes here. "Gavin and Lord Virginia naturally have nothing to hide.
Even if the other party doesn't ask, he will discuss it with her when his ideas mature. After all, he still has to rely on the other party to help him guard the house.
"Oh? Tell me." The Virginia lord showed great interest. He stretched his arms slightly, and the quilt slipped down, revealing the infinite beauty on his chest.
People's thoughts will continue to change as the situation develops.
Virginia Lord is a typical example. Even if she had no desire or desire in the past, at least she lacked interest in developing territories.
Now because of the Dragon Oak War Giant Tree, she is no less motivated than Gavin to develop this matter.
But her close bond with Chunya Forest and the harsh situation around her destined her to be unable to let go of everything and go out to open up new territories.
We can only place our hopes on Gavin. While he is opening up new territories, she can stay behind with Spring Bud Forest and reap some of the dividends.
"There are currently three options." Gavin is also struggling. It's not that there are no good development goals, but there are too many goals and he doesn't know how to choose.
Now that this topic has been brought up, Gavin simply took out a large map of the Heartland area and spread it on the big bed. He commissioned this from Bede and spent 5,000 gold. Bought from Sambia.
Gavin said on the big map, directly above the rocky land: "The first direction of development is here, the Eno Oak Desert."
"The Big Sand Sea?" This option was obviously beyond the Virginia lord's expectation. He said with an incredulous look, "Isn't this place called a desperate situation? Nothing but sand is sand? Is there any value that can be exploited?" Worth it?”
“Even the most desolate place has its own value. What’s more, the Eno Oak Desert is not naturally formed, and the area is large enough. There are always some places that are special and have many things. Life survives tenaciously, among which the Bedai barbarians are an example. Their numbers are far more than you imagine, and their valuable places are more than you think.
Some high-value commodities are produced there, such as frankincense, which can be burned during meditation to help you concentrate better and remember spells.
If this line can be connected, the output of the Eno Oak Desert can continuously flow into the Rockland, opening up new trade points for us, and even connecting the Rockland with Eno Oak The borders of the desert have been revitalized, and planting, camel breeding, etc. can be carried out here.
The most important thing is that this black road running from north to south is the core lifeblood of the Zhentarim.
If we can take the opportunity to mess it up or even cut it off, the blow to the Zhentarim will be fatal. "
Gavin has been at odds with the Zhentarim for the rest of his life. As long as there is an opportunity to attack him, he will never let it go.
Lord Virginia just finished listening and couldn't help but shake his head and said: "It sounds very beautiful, but the question is, where is the entry point? How do you capture those desert races? The most important thing is that there is definitely no food produced here. , and even require a large amount of food as support.”
“So, this purpose. The bid has been rejected by me, at least not for now." Gavin also considered what Lord Virginia said, moved his finger to the east of the rocky land, drew a circle around Tiffanyton and said, "This is it. The second development target, Hongquan Reclamation Area, is nominally a rocky area, but the terrain is flatter than here. , has a large amount of land suitable for reclamation. As long as it is developed to support the entire rock land, it will not be a problem at all."
"But what?"
"But, Cormyr captures Tifantun. It didn't take long, and there was no time to develop this place. It was a typical vast area with sparsely populated areas. There are not many villages in Erbajing, and it is impossible for me to lead a group of kobolds to farm. Even a group of fey are very eye-catching.
And the Red Crow Mercenary Group has already targeted them first. Coming here, compared to them, I am at an extreme disadvantage in terms of human connections.”
The Lord of Virginia was not as eager to express his position as last time, but asked: "Where is the third target?"
Gavin's fingers walked all the way east, following the Moon-Sea Highway to reach Keke A little below the Soman Forest he said: "Valley, Battle Valley, here is a The Land of the Fourth War is facing erosion from Sambia. It is also vast and sparsely populated, with a large amount of barren farmland.
The most important thing is that the rule here is relatively loose, and the lord Ilmes is a leader. A soldier is more than a ruler and has great influence. Weak, here, there are not many political constraints.
The shortcomings are also obvious. Although there is a Moon-to-Sea Highway that goes directly to Yandi, it spans more than half of Cosoman, a total of 600 to 700 kilometers. , even if a large plantation is expanded here, food will be transported in the future It's also quite troublesome.
While there are not many political constraints, it also means that we can only rely on ourselves in terms of security. The businessmen in Sambia are like a group of hyenas. They smell the smell of coins. Rush up desperately.”
"You already have a choice, don't you?" Lord Virginia replied with a smile.
Gavin was stunned, "You have a choice? Why didn't I know?"
"You don't like to be constrained, just like before, there were so many choices around you. , you just chose the rocky land. For you, the biggest problem in the current Hongquan Reclamation Area is not what you said, but that you will be restricted and affected by the behemoth Kingdom of Cormyr here. your performance , you want to jump out from here..."
Before Lord Virginia could finish speaking, Gavin rushed up to her, gave her a passionate kiss and said: "Unexpectedly, in the end, The person who understands me is you. Yes, I have already made a choice. Next, I know what to do.”
After being aroused, Gavin was obviously not satisfied with a kiss. , and ultimately ended in a fight between goblins.
(End of this chapter)