Is the Shark Hologram like the Rag Man Hologram (opponent) in that it gives a message regarding the Tome of Binding? What would bind a hologram ghost, if not a Tome of Binding? A machine of some sort?
Not really sure what's triggering the split it half messages or win messages. Here's a full log:
Power
2 Etheric Power
13 Melee Power
2 Ranged Power
Defense
20 Etheric Defense
13 Melee Defense
5 Ranged Defense
Attributes
+4 Perception
-21 Reflexes
+8 Strength
-8 Will
Encounters
Slightly Increased Chance of Choice Encounters
Net
3 Memory
4 Processor
Other
5 Bonus Power when the Defender has no Technique
You duck behind the cover of your shield.
The hologram closes and tears into you with teeth of solid light, dealing 7 damage, but you duck behind your shield, which absorbs all of the damage.
You punch the hologram, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 29 damage.
You mine into the hologram with your digging arm for 25 damage.
You continue to bleed from your jagged wounds, taking 1 damage.
The hologram is sliced cleanly in half, each half becoming a dimmer copy of the original.
[2 holograms]
You duck behind the cover of your shield.
The hologram swims into a nearby wall.
The hologram closes its glowing jaws on you for 7 damage, but you duck behind your shield, which absorbs all but 1 damage.
You punch the hologram, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 20 damage.
The hologram closes its glowing jaws on you for 8 damage.
You continue to bleed from your jagged wounds, taking 1 damage.
[1 dead, one live]
You grab the nearest heavy object and jump at the hologram, pummeling it for 25 damage.
The hologram closes and tears into you with teeth of solid light, dealing 6 damage.
You continue to bleed from your jagged wounds, taking 1 damage.
You've won the battle!
It's safe to say that wasn't a normal hologram, but you don't really know enough about them to say what was different. There's… something about lasers, if you remember right.
After the combat, you patch yourself up, healing 1 hit point.
You learned a new Technique: Shield Block
You've earned 3 XP in Perception
You've earned 3 XP in Strength
Power
2 Etheric Power
13 Melee Power
2 Ranged Power
Defense
20 Etheric Defense
9 Melee Defense
5 Ranged Defense
Attributes
+4 Perception
-10 Reflexes
+6 Strength
Encounters
Slightly Increased Chance of Choice Encounters
Net
3 Memory
4 Processor
Other
5 Bonus Power when the Defender has no Technique
You punch the hologram, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 24 damage.
The hologram closes and tears into you with teeth of solid light, dealing 8 damage.
You viciously slash the hologram for 25 damage.
You grab the nearest heavy object and jump at the hologram, pummeling it for 25 damage.
The hologram splits in two with a sound like breaking glass.
-
You duck behind the cover of your shield.
The hologram closes and tears into you with teeth of solid light, dealing 10 damage, but you duck behind your shield, which absorbs all but 1 damage.
The hologram closes and tears into you with teeth of solid light, dealing 14 damage, but you duck behind your shield, which absorbs all but 3 damage.
You punch the hologram, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 29 damage.
-
You grab the nearest heavy object and jump at the hologram, pummeling it for 24 damage, but the wall absorbs all of the damage.
The hologram swims into a nearby wall.
The hologram closes its glowing jaws on you for 14 damage.
The hologram closes and tears into you with teeth of solid light, dealing 14 damage.
-
You punch the hologram, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 26 damage.
The hologram goes wild, ripping into you with teeth of solid light for 27 damage.
You've been beaten to hell!
You barely crawled away from that fight intact, but your enemies are in way worse shape.
Power
2 Etheric Power
13 Melee Power
2 Ranged Power
Defense
20 Etheric Defense
11 Melee Defense
5 Ranged Defense
Attributes
+4 Perception
-10 Reflexes
+15 Strength
Encounters
Slightly Increased Chance of Choice Encounters
Net
3 Memory
4 Processor
Other
5 Bonus Power when the Defender has no Technique
2 First Aid
You punch the hologram, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 19 damage.
The hologram closes and tears into you with teeth of solid light, dealing 9 damage.
You punch the hologram, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 18 damage, but the wall absorbs all of the damage.
The hologram swims into a nearby wall.
The hologram closes its glowing jaws on you for 6 damage.
The hologram closes and tears into you with teeth of solid light, dealing 6 damage.
-
You punch the hologram, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 22 damage.
The hologram closes its glowing jaws on you for 8 damage.
-
You viciously slash the hologram for 19 damage, but the wall absorbs all of the damage.
The hologram swims into a nearby wall.
The hologram closes its glowing jaws on you for 5 damage.
The hologram goes wild, ripping into you with teeth of solid light for 15 damage.
-
You grab the nearest heavy object and jump at the hologram, pummeling it for 20 damage, but the wall absorbs all of the damage.
The hologram swims into a nearby wall.
The hologram closes its glowing jaws on you for 9 damage.
The hologram goes wild, ripping into you with teeth of solid light for 13 damage.
lose
Power
2 Etheric Power
13 Melee Power
3 Ranged Power
Defense
20 Etheric Defense
9 Melee Defense
5 Ranged Defense
Attributes
+4 Perception
-9 Reflexes
+6 Strength
Encounters
Slightly Increased Chance of Choice Encounters
Net
3 Memory
4 Processor
Other
5 Bonus Power when the Defender has no Technique
You duck behind the cover of your shield.
The hologram closes and tears into you with teeth of solid light, dealing 13 damage, but you duck behind your shield, which absorbs all but 4 damage.
You punch the hologram, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 20 damage.
-
You duck behind the cover of your shield.
The hologram swims into a nearby wall.
You punch the hologram, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 20 damage.
The hologram closes its glowing jaws on you for 11 damage.
You mine into the hologram with your digging arm for 23 damage.
You grab the nearest heavy object and jump at the hologram, pummeling it for 24 damage.
The hologram splits in two with a sound like breaking glass.
-
You duck behind the cover of your shield.
The hologram swims into a nearby wall.
The hologram closes and tears into you with teeth of solid light, dealing 11 damage, but you duck behind your shield, which absorbs all but 2 damage.
You punch the hologram, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 24 damage.
The hologram closes its glowing jaws on you for 12 damage.
-
You grab the nearest heavy object and jump at the hologram, pummeling it for 14 damage.
The hologram closes its glowing jaws on you for 8 damage.
You mine into the hologram with your digging arm for 27 damage.
You've won the battle!
The hologram fades away like a trick of the light.
Your blood runs freely from your body, releasing massive clouds of sparkling mist. You feel a terrible chill as the energy flees your body.
You've gained 15 energy of The Jitters.
You've earned 1 XP in Reflexes
You've earned 2 XP in Strength
You've earned 3 XP in Will
Power
2 Etheric Power
13 Melee Power
-1 Ranged Power
-3 Stealth Power
Defense
17 Etheric Defense
11 Melee Defense
4 Ranged Defense
Attributes
+4 Perception
-10 Reflexes
+15 Strength
Encounters
Moderately Increased Chance of Etheric Encounters
Moderately Increased Chance of PvP Encounters
Slightly Increased Chance of Choice Encounters
Net
3 Memory
4 Processor
Other
5 Bonus Power when the Defender has no Technique
You duck behind the cover of your shield.
The hologram swims into a nearby wall.
You punch the hologram, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 23 damage.
The hologram closes its glowing jaws on you for 8 damage.
You mine into the hologram with your digging arm for 25 damage.
The hologram closes and tears into you with teeth of solid light, dealing 9 damage.
You grab the nearest heavy object and jump at the hologram, pummeling it for 31 damage.
The hologram splits in two with a sound like breaking glass.
-
You punch the hologram, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 14 damage, but the wall absorbs all of the damage.
The hologram swims into a nearby wall.
The hologram swims into a nearby wall.
You mine into the hologram with your digging arm for 25 damage.
The hologram closes its glowing jaws on you for 9 damage.
The hologram closes its glowing jaws on you for 8 damage.
You grab the nearest heavy object and jump at the hologram, pummeling it for 34 damage.
-
You duck behind the cover of your shield.
The hologram goes wild, ripping into you with teeth of solid light for 15 damage, but you duck behind your shield, which absorbs all but 3 damage.
You punch the hologram, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 19 damage.
You viciously slash the hologram for 36 damage.
-
You've won the battle!
The hologram fades away like a trick of the light.
After the combat, you patch yourself up, healing 1 hit point.
You're so keyed up, you feel completely exhausted after the fight.
Your blood runs freely from your body, releasing massive clouds of sparkling mist. You feel a terrible chill as the energy flees your body.
You've gained 20 energy of The Jitters.
You've earned 1 XP in Perception
You've earned 2 XP in Strength
You've earned 3 XP in Will
Nothing new from reading History of Optics after seeing the message about lasers. Nothing for wearing a Glimmering HUD in the fight.
Hmm, so you tried a hound crystal. Perhaps the next step would be to try an artificial hound crystal? Hell, those are even used in lasers. Though who knows what sort of twisted hound farms big corporations need in order to manufacture lasers for themselves.
Just had this round happen when fighting a shark:
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You take a great leap and tumble to avoid incoming attacks.
The hologram swims into a nearby wall.
Your strike clashes with the holograms's attack, overwhelming it and dealing 23 damage.
The hologram closes its glowing jaws on you for 14 damage, but your strike overwhelms it, preventing all of the damage.
You punch the hologram, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 23 damage.
The hologram goes wild, ripping into you with teeth of solid light for 21 damage.
You hammer the hologram unrelentingly, dealing 41 damage.
The hologram glows brightly for a moment, casting two shadows, then blinks out. The shadows close in on you, taking their parent's place.
I think that last line is new? The end result was still facing two sharks. I've got a tome of binding equipped rather than a laser, since I already grabbed a few holograms.
EDIT: I had whispers from the stars, be careful when getting data.
Power
6 Etheric Power
1 Evasion Power
16 Melee Power
2 Ranged Power
Defense
12 Etheric Defense
3 Fire Defense
15 Melee Defense
3 Ranged Defense
Attributes
-1 Perception
+2 Strength
+28 Will
Encounters
Slightly Increased Chance of Combat Encounters
Slightly Increased Chance of PvP Encounters
Net
3 Memory
4 Processor
Other
Glow with Slightly Mysterious Light
You viciously slash the hologram for 24 damage.
The hologram closes its glowing jaws on you for 2 damage.
You latch onto the hologram and tear a chunk out of it with your teeth, dealing 29 damage.
The hologram is sliced cleanly in half, each half becoming a dimmer copy of the original.
You dive and tumble like an action hero.
The hologram swims into a nearby wall.
The hologram swims into a nearby wall.
You line up a powerful strike, crushing the hologram for 20 damage.
The hologram closes its glowing jaws on you for 1 damage.
The hologram closes its glowing jaws on you for 1 damage.
The hologram closes and tears into you with teeth of solid light, dealing 2 damage.
(one hologram left)
You punch the hologram, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 18 damage.
The hologram closes and tears into you with teeth of solid light, dealing 2 damage.
You fall on the hologram like a ravenous beast for 22 damage.
You latch onto the hologram and tear a chunk out of it with your teeth, dealing 23 damage.
You've won the battle!
The last shreds of its energy crackle back up your lasers' paths. Feeding on your lasers and the energy of your projector, now pouring out a cloud of smoke, it settles into a strangely solid form in your hand.
You transformed your equipped offhand to solid shark hologram.
You've earned 2 XP in Perception
You've earned 2 XP in Strength
same stats
You viciously slash the hologram for 20 damage.
The hologram closes its glowing jaws on you for 2 damage.
You punch the hologram, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 26 damage.
The hologram closes and tears into you with teeth of solid light, dealing 2 damage.
You line up a powerful strike, crushing the hologram for 26 damage, but the wall absorbs all of the damage.
The hologram swims into a nearby wall.
You dive and tumble like an action hero.
The hologram closes its glowing jaws on you for 1 damage, but you tumble out of the way, avoiding all of the damage.
The hologram closes and tears into you with teeth of solid light, dealing 2 damage.
You latch onto the hologram and tear a chunk out of it with your teeth, dealing 24 damage, but the wall absorbs all of the damage.
The hologram swims into a nearby wall.
You viciously slash the hologram for 23 damage.
The hologram closes its glowing jaws on you for 2 damage.
You punch the hologram, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 33 damage.
The hologram glows brightly for a moment, casting two shadows, then blinks out. The shadows close in on you, taking their parent's place.
—-
You fall on the hologram like a ravenous beast for 21 damage, but the wall absorbs all of the damage.
The hologram swims into a nearby wall.
The hologram closes and tears into you with teeth of solid light, dealing 1 damage.
You latch onto the hologram and tear a chunk out of it with your teeth, dealing 29 damage.
The hologram closes its glowing jaws on you for 2 damage.
(one holo left)
You dive and tumble like an action hero.
The hologram swims into a nearby wall.
You line up a powerful strike, crushing the hologram for 21 damage.
The hologram closes its glowing jaws on you for 1 damage.
You've won the battle!
The last shreds of its energy crackle back up your lasers' paths. Feeding on your lasers and the energy of your projector, now pouring out a cloud of smoke, it settles into a strangely solid form in your hand.
You transformed your equipped offhand to solid shark hologram.
You've earned 1 XP in Reflexes
You've earned 1 XP in Strength
You've earned 2 XP in Will
In the beginning, men were mortal.