Pile Of Secrets / Discussion

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Arkaim 30 Oct 2015 06:49

judgey

Perception: 150 (155)
Reflexes: 117 (138)
Strength: 135 (137)
Will: 113 (120)

Power
2 Etheric Power
4 Fire Power
2 Melee Power
9 Ranged Power
2 Stealth Power

Defense
13 Melee Defense
4 Ranged Defense
8 Stealth Defense
4 Etheric Defense

Attributes
+5 Perception
+21 Reflexes
+2 Strength
+7 Will

Encounters
Slightly Increased Chance of PvP Encounters
Slightly Increased Chance of Choice Encounters

Fishing
Moderately Increased Fishing Yield

Net
4 Memory
4 Processor
-5 Code Finesse

Other
5 Bonus Eclipse Duration
2 First Aid

You find some old documents in the desk and begin glancing through them. As you glance over a long-forgotten document, you realize the rest have begun to gather… taking a hulking shape and reaching out to prevent you from reading further.

It's hard to guess what motivations might drive it, but the way it reaches out reminds you of a human driven to the absolute edge of fear and desperation.

The papers lash out at you with their surprisingly sharp edges for 1 stealth damage.

You watch, ready for any surprise.
The papers disperse for a moment.

Having seen the papers' failings, you pass judgement, shooting them for 17 ranged damage.

You fire a single carefully reserved bullet at the papers, dealing 17 ranged damage.

You rain bullets down on the papers dealing 19 ranged damage.


You've won the battle!


You found: petty confessions

You found: paper mache

After the combat, you patch yourself up, healing 4 hit points.

Your media player beeps cheerfully, apparently indicating it's done with a recording.

You recorded: recorded consideration

You've earned 2 XP in Perception

Last edited on 30 Oct 2015 06:49 by Arkaim Show more

Arkaim 06 Nov 2015 04:40

Have this dude been eaten or mirrored or anything like that?

Pile of Secrets

bigalphillips 18 Nov 2015 14:59

Looking into this opponent:

• To unlock an instance of the combat encounter, it looks like you have to search the desk 3 times:
  • Gaining items always counts as a search.
  • Fighting the Pile of Secrets via the desk choice only counts as a search if you win.

• If you win against the Pile of Secrets combat encounter, you need to search another 3 desks to find it. This counter can add up past 3 (so if you search 6 desks, you can then fight 2 consecutively).

• Winning against the Pile of Secrets combat encounter raises alert by 2 if you win. No raise in alert if you lose, and no raise in alert for killing the Pile of Secrets via desk encounter.

Data:

+ show block

You found: 3 piles of retention memos
You found: 2 sandwich wrappers
Pile of Secrets via desk choice (win)
You found: 4 sandwich wrappers
Pile of Secrets combat (win)
You found: 4 piles of retention memos
You found: light briefcase
Pile of Secrets combat (win)
You found: lukewarm latte
You found: 3 piles of retention memos
Pile of Secrets combat (win)
(flash ID fail)
-
next day (walking away from things for sufficiently long that it is likely that I am not getting things by chance):
You found: Midgard records ID
You found: light briefcase
You found: light briefcase
Pile of Secrets combat (win)
You found: 4 sandwich wrappers
You found: light briefcase
You found: 2 sandwich wrappers
Pile of Secrets combat (win)
You found: 4 piles of retention memos
Pile of Secrets via desk choice (run away)
You found: light briefcase
You found: 3 sandwich wrappers
Pile of Secrets combat (win)
(flash ID fail)

Last edited on 19 Nov 2015 00:55 by bigalphillips Show more

Magnifico 12 Jan 2019 02:39

Theories:

• If you do too much damage, a memo drop is replaced by paper mache. If you do exactly 20 damage (and no more than X damage in any given attack?) maybe it will only drop memos.
• The two different forms of Paper Dance might correspond to Fae Eyes and Ocean Eyes

The papers dance around you, etching you with buried secrets for 10 etheric damage

or

The papers flow around you, etching you with drowned secrets for 9 etheric damage.

penguinpyro 14 Jan 2019 02:07

Pile of secrets drop data:

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You dive for cover.
The papers lash out at you with their surprisingly sharp edges for 1 stealth damage.

You open your third eye, bathing the area in golden light.
The papers punch you for 1 melee damage, but golden light weighs down their attack, preventing all of the damage.

You give the papers the Evil Eye and they burst into flames. The malefic green fire deals them 36 etheric damage.

It's hard to get a good shot in, but you manage to land a hit for 2 ranged damage.

You've won the battle!

You found: paper mache
You found: retention memos

+ show block

You open your third eye, bathing the area in golden light.
The papers punch you for 2 melee damage, but golden light weighs down their attack, preventing all of the damage.

You give the papers the Evil Eye and they burst into flames. The malefic green fire deals them 23 etheric damage.
The papers lash out at you with their surprisingly sharp edges for 2 stealth damage.

You've won the battle!

You found: burning documents

+ show block

You open your third eye, bathing the area in golden light.
The papers lash out at you with their surprisingly sharp edges for 1 stealth damage.

You stop to wind your watch, murmuring "too late, too late." With each twist, the papers wither a little more, dealing 57 etheric damage.

You've won the battle!

You found: 2 piles of petty confessions

+ show block

You open your third eye, bathing the area in golden light.
The papers disperse for a moment.

You stop to wind your watch, murmuring "too late, too late." With each twist, the papers wither a little more, dealing 43 etheric damage.

You've won the battle!

You found: paper mache

You found: petty confessions

+ show block

You open your third eye, bathing the area in golden light.
The papers flow around you, etching you with drowned secrets for 1 etheric damage, but golden light weighs down their attack, preventing all of the damage.

You stop to wind your watch, murmuring "too late, too late." With each twist, the papers wither a little more, dealing 38 etheric damage.

You've won the battle!

You found: unsettling plans

+ show block

You call a chunk of the papers into your waiting mouth, leaving a gaping wound that deals 45 etheric damage.
The papers flow around you, etching you with drowned secrets for 1 etheric damage.

You've won the battle!

You found: petty confessions

+ show block

You wait for the perfect moment before striking out at the papers while their guard is down, dealing 23 stealth damage.
The papers lash out at you with their surprisingly sharp edges for 2 stealth damage.

You grin maniacally and slash into the papers for 16 stealth damage.

You gouge deeply into the papers for 29 stealth damage.

Kidney punches are more effective against targets with kidneys, but you give it the old college try. Your punch deals 15 stealth damage.

You've won the battle!

You found: paper mache

You found: retention memos

You found: office flask

You found: Arzac

+ show block

You snap and take the papers off guard, slashing into them for 23 stealth damage.
The papers punch you for 1 melee damage.

You gouge deeply into the papers for 25 stealth damage.

Kidney punches are more effective against targets with kidneys, but you give it the old college try. Your punch deals 10 stealth damage.

You've won the battle!

You found: paper mache

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Writing for the long-neglected GOC Casefiles canon.

Last edited on 14 Jan 2019 02:07 by penguinpyro Show more

penguinpyro 17 Jan 2019 03:30

More drop data:

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You look beseechingly upwards. Something looks back down, bathing the papers in green flames for 20 etheric damage.
The papers lash out at you with their surprisingly sharp edges for 3 stealth damage.

You found: office love letters

After the combat, you patch yourself up, healing 4 hit points.

+ show block

You slip into a fevered trance, then shout in a strange tongue. Tentacles burst from your chest and lash the papers for 12 etheric damage.
The papers lash out at you with their surprisingly sharp edges for 4 stealth damage.

round 2
You look beseechingly upwards. Something looks back down, bathing the papers in green flames for 28 etheric damage.
The papers flow around you, etching you with drowned secrets for 4 etheric damage.

You found: retention memos

You found: petty confessions

You found: 2 Arzac capsules

+ show block

You glimpse their plans.
The papers disperse for a moment.

You open your third eye, bathing the area in golden light.
The papers flow around you, etching you with drowned secrets for 3 etheric damage, but golden light weighs down their attack, preventing all of the damage.

You give the papers the Evil Eye and they burst into flames. The malefic green fire deals them 10 etheric damage.

You slip into a fevered trance, then shout in a strange tongue. Tentacles burst from your chest and lash the papers for 16 etheric damage.

You found: office love letters

+ show block

You survey the field and carefully throw a vial of NitroX. It lands precisely as it should, exploding to engulf the papers in flame and shower them with debris for 24 fire damage.
The papers disperse for a moment.

You calmly toss a vial at the papers, engulfing them in flames that deal 18 fire damage and continue burning.

The mixture clinging to the papers burns out before it can do any serious harm.

You found: retention memos

+ show block

You survey the field and carefully throw a vial of NitroX. It lands precisely as it should, exploding to engulf the papers in flame and shower them with debris for 18 fire damage.
The papers lash out at you with their surprisingly sharp edges for 2 stealth damage.

You fire a rocket at the papers. It punches straight through the papers' defenses, exploding violently for 39 fire damage.

You found: petty confessions

You found: burning documents

+ show block

You fire a rocket at the papers. It punches straight through the papers' defenses, exploding violently for 55 fire damage.
The papers flow around you, etching you with drowned secrets for 4 etheric damage.

You survey the field and carefully throw a vial of NitroX. It lands precisely as it should, exploding to engulf the papers in flame and shower them with debris for 43 fire damage.

You calmly toss a vial at the papers, engulfing them in flames that deal 33 fire damage and continue burning.

The mixture clinging to the papers burns out before it can do any serious harm.

You found: paper mache

I suspect there is a threshold of either hitting it more than twice or dealing overkill damage that causes paper mache to drop instead of the actual papers. Simply killing it in one or two hits doesn't seem to harm the drop rate otherwise.

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Writing for the long-neglected GOC Casefiles canon.

Last edited on 17 Jan 2019 03:31 by penguinpyro Show more

penguinpyro 20 Jan 2019 01:33

Yet more drop data:

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You make a beckoning gesture at the papers. Spiders pour out of the papers, tearing wounds and biting them for 30 etheric damage.
The papers flow around you, etching you with drowned secrets for 3 etheric damage.

You've won the battle!

You found: paper mache

You found: petty confessions

+ show block

You rake your fingers through the air. Arcs of green light match their movements, crashing into the papers for 29 etheric damage.
The papers flow around you, etching you with drowned secrets for 4 etheric damage.

You've won the battle!

You found: retention memos

+ show block

You lock your gaze on the papers and deal 32 etheric damage by twisting them to match your decaying vision.
The papers lash out at you with their surprisingly sharp edges for 3 stealth damage.

You've won the battle!

You found: 2 piles of paper mache

+ show block

You open your third eye, bathing the area in golden light.
The papers disperse for a moment.

You rake your fingers through the air. Arcs of green light match their movements, crashing into the papers for 27 etheric damage.
The papers flow around you, etching you with drowned secrets for 5 etheric damage.

You've won the battle!

You found: retention memos

You found: paper mache

You found: Arzac

+ show block

You call a chunk of the papers into your waiting mouth, leaving a gaping wound that deals 40 etheric damage.
The papers flow around you, etching you with drowned secrets for 5 etheric damage.

You've won the battle!

You found: petty confessions

You found: unsettling plans

After the combat, you patch yourself up, healing 2 hit points.

+ show block

You call a chunk of the papers into your waiting mouth, leaving a gaping wound that deals 45 etheric damage.
The papers flow around you, etching you with drowned secrets for 6 etheric damage.

You've won the battle!

You found: burning documents

+ show block

You lock your gaze on the papers and deal 43 etheric damage by twisting them to match your decaying vision.
The papers flow around you, etching you with drowned secrets for 6 etheric damage.

You've won the battle!

You found: petty confessions

You found: 2 office flasks

+ show block

You rake your fingers through the air. Arcs of green light match their movements, crashing into the papers for 28 etheric damage.
The papers disperse for a moment.

You've won the battle!

You found: petty confessions

You found: 2 office flasks

+ show block

Your strike clashes with the papers' attack, overwhelming it and dealing 39 melee damage.
The papers punch you for 1 melee damage, but your strike overwhelms it, preventing all of the damage.

You charge the papers with the strength of a professional athlete, dealing 34 melee damage.

You've won the battle!

You found: paper mache

So it seems a reliable, but not perfect, way to get the good drops from pile of secrets, is to instantly kill it with a single Etheric attack.

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Writing for the long-neglected GOC Casefiles canon.

penguinpyro 22 Jan 2019 01:39

+ show block

You fire a tracer round at the papers for 18 ranged damage.
The papers punch you for 1 melee damage.

You arc bullets high above and into the papers for 17 ranged damage.
The papers lash out at you with their surprisingly sharp edges for 3 stealth damage.

You've won the battle!

You found: paper mache

+ show block

You fire a shotgun blast into the papers. Although the pellets spread over the distance they still deal 17 ranged damage.
The papers lash out at you with their surprisingly sharp edges for 4 stealth damage.

You take a few careful shots at the papers with silver bullets, dealing 22 ranged damage.
The papers punch you for 1 melee damage.

You've won the battle!

You found: 2 piles of paper mache

+ show block

You shoot the papers for 13 ranged damage.
The papers lash out at you with their surprisingly sharp edges for 1 stealth damage.

You fire an actual lead bullet at the papers for 26 ranged damage.

You've won the battle!

You found: paper mache

+ show block

You lay into the papers for 16 melee damage.
The papers flow around you, etching you with drowned secrets for 6 etheric damage.

You charge the papers with the strength of a professional athlete, dealing 20 melee damage, but the papers' diffuse form avoids all but 6 damage.
The papers disperse for a moment.

You've won the battle!

You found: paper mache

You found: 2 office flasks

+ show block

You fire a heavy round at the papers for 10 ranged damage.
The papers lash out at you with their surprisingly sharp edges for 1 stealth damage.

You draw a careful bead on the papers and fire a narrowly focused stream of bullets, dealing 17 ranged damage.

You've won the battle!

You found: paper mache

It seems our papery friend only drops paper mache when you hit him decently hard with physical attacks.

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Writing for the long-neglected GOC Casefiles canon.

Last edited on 22 Jan 2019 01:39 by penguinpyro Show more