I think I had 22 or 23 energy of the effect left when I got beaten up, received the XP and lost the effect.
Losing to a Ghoul cell culture:
The ghoul latches onto you and tears a chunk out of you with its teeth, dealing 4 damage, but you duck behind cover, which absorbs all of the damage.
The ghoul latches onto you and tears a chunk out of you with its teeth, dealing 4 damage, but you duck behind cover, which absorbs all of the damage.
The ghoul rakes you with its claws for 1 damage, but you duck behind cover, which absorbs all of the damage.The ghoul digs into you with its claws and finds enough purchase to tear you apart for 8 damage.
The ghoul leaps a shocking distance straight up.
The ghoul leaps a shocking distance straight up.The ghoul crawls along the ceiling above your head.
You've been beaten to hell!
You wake up in a pool of your own blood that paints an abstract pattern in blacks and reds.
You've earned 3 XP in Perception
You've earned 1 XP in Strength
You've earned 1 XP in Will
(lost all 25 energy)
Start of fight: 6/56 health and 117 energy of effect
Defeated one opponent then
Beaten to hell
You wake up in a pool of your own blood that paints an abstract pattern in blacks and reds.
You've earned 6 XP in Perception
You've earned 12 XP in Reflexes
You've earned 8 XP in Strength
You've earned 1 XP in Will
About 2.6 xp per Body
Looks like oily blood isn't what people thought it is. Got a new message from losing all 25 energy:
You wake up in a pool of your own blood that paints an chaotic pattern of clashing blacks and reds.
You've earned 5 XP in Reflexes
My stats are:
Perception: 98 (105)
Reflexes: 47 (45)
Strength: 45
Will: 99 (94)
On my second attempt my stats were:
Perception: 98 (101)
Reflexes: 47 (49)
Strength: 45 (38)
Will: 99 (98)
So looks like no go on lowest stat changing the message.
On both attempts I had the mysterious puzzle box equipped. Maybe the box form determines the message. If so, on my next attempt I'll try holding a different from of the box.
Yes! My suspicions are bearing fruit. New message:
You wake up in a pool of your own blood that paints a great fire. It rises from reds near you to blacks at the leaping tips of the flame.
You've earned 5 XP in Strength
One last thing to look into, and I can close the books on this.
With mysterious tablet equipped, no other chance of _ XP and no techniques used. (Also note I do not have Secrets of the Cube, while Arkaim does.)
You wake up in a pool of your own blood that paints a vast, open eye. Healthy red blood pools in the "iris", while oily black blood has moved to the furthest edges of the eye.
You've earned 5 XP in Will
With pyramid equipped but only … uh… 11, I think, energy of oily blood:
You wake up in a pool of your own blood that paints an intricate pattern, like a snowflake in blacks and reds.
You've earned 2 XP in Perception
In the beginning, men were mortal.
Without a puzzle box form equipped.
+2 Chance of Reflex XP
+1 Chance of Strength XP
You wake up in a pool of your own blood that paints an abstract pattern in blacks and reds.
You've earned 3 XP in Reflexes
You've earned 2 XP in Will
I have to wonder if the +1 Chance of Strength XP fucked things up. I'll have to retry this.
Without any puzzle stuff equipped
+2 Chance of Reflex XP (crystal owl feather—thanks Vholes Piper—and crystal grace)
You wake up in a pool of your own blood that paints an abstract pattern in blacks and reds.
You've earned 1 XP in Perception
You've earned 3 XP in Reflexes
You've earned 1 XP in Will
I don't think any of you can possibly imagine how difficult it was for me to make this happen today. All the set-backs that occurred. To think that a simple limited edition idoru doll would have saved so much body and old coins and hunger and energy.
Anyway, this seems pretty thorough. Looks like you do need a puzzle form equipped. Which brings up questions about the other blood buffs.
61/69 HP -> 47/69 HP
24 energy of Oily Blood -> 18 energy of Oily Blood
4 auto turrets and 1 Slags Guard fight
3 sciency techs
Your blood pours from your wounds, forming enchanting patterns of red and black.
You survey your victory, tinted fiery red by the goggles' lenses. That was certainly an interesting experiment. It's hard to avoid laughing in delight at the results.
You've gained 99 energy of Fused Armor.
You've earned 4 XP in Perception
You've earned 5 XP in Reflexes
You've earned 4 XP in Strength
You've earned 5 XP in Will
You've gained Will!
Nothing new from not losing the fight.