Chapter 79: Ch. 76 – Design Phase

So far only Elly has requested to take the role of the spirit with four classes, Maria is fine with that as well but I wanted to explore more options first.

"Before I agree to that, Elly, can you indulge my curiosity first? I wanted to think about making a spirit that would essentially be a 'buff bot'. But considering how weak even the best buffs were you showed me a while back... Are buffs stackable? For example, could we give everyone a class with [Guard Order] and get a workable defense that way?"

"Sorta. You can't stack buffs of the same name. In that case, only the one with the higher skill level takes effect, even if the actual effect may be weaker. But nothing stops you from stacking different buffs that affect the same stat. If you really want to build a dedicated buff-spewing spirit... well, you're limited to non-magic, as you know. Chloe already has [Battle Order]-like skills, so we shouldn't waste energy on the order category... We could math that out but I don't think it is worth it yet. The spirit won't be able to do anything else due to upkeep costs and the effect will be low. You need a much higher leveled spirit before it makes sense if you ask me."

"Sorry, that math has to be done. We have the time to do that at least. Can you, please? Assume we dump all four classes on maximizing party-wide buffs."

"Fine, give me a minute..."

Everyone patiently waits for Elly to finish. Or maybe impatiently, "While we wait on Elly, does either of you have any other idea, Lucia or Maria?"

Lucia shakes her head, "Nothing special. Just an attacker or maybe a scout. No matter what we do, spirits with their 30% penalty to HP are too frail, magic is out as well..."

Maria answers, "No, I think we should give Elly's idea a try."

"Has she told you which class she had her eyes on?"

"I think it was called Trick Shot. Honestly, I'm not sure what the point is."

"The name tells me little what it does. Well, we're waiting anyway so it can't hurt to have a look right now."

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