Chapter 398: 98: Role Play

Chapter 98: Role Play

Riptide brought Dextra down after the fight finished, the surfer using his power on a flat piece of wood from the construction. The two landed on the hilltop next to Merla. Stepping off the board, Dextra smoothed out his dress.

It seems you had an interesting fight.

You said it, Oro replied.

The good news is we shouldnt have to face something like that again, now that Ive bought the land, Dextra said.

Good news implies bad news, Nikola said.

From what I can gather, well still have to fight monsters every once in a while.

Thats what defenses are for, right? Rampart said.

We dont even need to develop this place, though, Merla said. Arent we here for special materials, and thats it?

Like whatevers under this hill, Sweet Dream said.

The group turned to look at her.

What? You all saw the way that mud giant acted. It ignored everyone and made a beeline for the hill. Plus, this is the only rocky area in this forest.

Shes got a point, dude, Riptide said.

Which means we need to develop the land to get at whatevers under the hill, Dextra said.

Thats going to take time. Time we could spend doing other things, Rampart said.

Yeah, dude. We still got a scheme to plan, Riptide said.

Right, but we need to find more materials to expand Skyline, Dextra replied.

Oro stepped into the conversation, Lets split the work up. Dr. Zlo can work with half of us to make his plan while Dextra works with the other half to develop Skyline.

Yes, you will all obey me! Dr. Zlo commanded.

Looks like hes on board. I volunteer to join him, Oro said.

Riptide and I should too, Sweet Dream said. Since were part of his team and all that.

Yes, glad to have more minions aboard!

Nikola, Shizuka, would you be willing to stick around while we gather materials? Asked Dextra.

As much as I want to follow Cass around and mess with him, exploring this area is too good to pass up, Shizuka answered.

Yes, the ground shall reveal its secrets to us, and we shall use it to grow our power, Nikola said.

You went a bit too far into the cackling baddy, Nik, Shizuka said.

Really? Darn. I was going for megalomania.

Ill stick around here, Rampart said. Ever since Zlo showed me his idea for a monastery, Ive been itching to get it started. Expanding Skyline is the first step in that.

Ill stick around here as well, Merla said. And Im sure Titan would join you guys to plan the scheme.

That leaves Jack, whos still up in Skyline, Nikola said.

This is the first time youve used the faction mechanics. Would you like to go through the tutorial? This is the Roles tab. Here, you can create various seats of office in your guild. This is where you can find the list of roles in your faction. This is the administrator role. Administrators have access to everything inside the faction. Be careful who you give this to!This is the Members tab. Here, you can view all the members in your guild, assign roles to them, and invite or kick players. This is the Finances tab. Here, you can view the group finances, assign tax rates, budget cash to members, and access the global stores. This is the Locations tab. Here, you can see all the property your faction owns and hire various NPCs to work the locations.

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Since were in the wild, our choices are limited. We can hire mercenaries for a few thousand dollars a day, but labor is harder. We can hire loggers and miners, but construction wont come out this far.

So Oro said.

Loggers and miners need housing, and we cant have them commute from Skyline. Well need to build our own houses first.

Welp, lets get to it, Shizuka said. Cant be that hard to build a simple house.

Wait, do the mercs come with housing, or do we need to build something for them as well? Rampart asked.

We can hire them without housing, but it costs more, Dextra answered.

Alright. What do we start with? Shizuka questioned.

Loggers, Nikola answered. If we get them, we can build cabins for the others.

A good a start as any, Shizuka said.

You two work on that, Im going to make an observation tower, Rampart said.

Ill join you.

The monk started making his way to the top of the hill, Merla following behind.

Whatchu gonna do, Dex? Shizuka asked.

Im going to spend a few minutes assigning roles to everyone. Ill join you when Ive finished.

Righty then, Shizuka slung an arm around Nikola, ready to cut some trees?

While I loathe menial labor, if a small amount of effort leads to greater rewards, I wont hesitate.

Thats the spirit! Shizuka said, clapping Nikola on the back.

Dextra watched the two leave before turning back to the faction menu. First, he created the various roles in the guild. He gave Rampart and himself the leader role, which had all the permissions of an admin but couldnt disband the faction or kick other leaders. Next, Dextra created various roles for the other positions everyone talked about days past.

The PVP leader was able to assign others with the PVP role and see the members list. The PVE leader had the same options but with a PVE role. Dextra would talk with Rampart about assigning budgets later on. Next, he created generic roles for finance, members, and locations.

Dextra noticed something interesting when making the location role. From what he could tell, locations could blacklist specific roles. The player whistled as he realized the possibilities.

Dr. Zlo?

Yes? Dextra?

Ive just learned that we can blacklist roles from locations. I believe this info will be useful for you when crafting your scheme.

Wait, thats awesome, Sweet Dream interrupted. Youre saying we could give people in the faction roles for hero and villain and blacklist players from areas?

Exactly.

Dextra quickly created a role he named schemers and assigned it to Dr. Zlo.

Ive given you access to a role that should let you make the changes yourself. Please, dont abuse it.

Dont worry, thats not any fun, Dr. Zlo replied.

Satisfied with the answer, Dextra turned back to the faction tab and made a few more edits. He added a description of Menagerie in the bio box under the name and added a few rules the faction would have to follow. Once finished, he closed the box and headed over to Shizuka to help build some housing for their loggers.

And after the loggers would come miners, and then Menagerie could really start building. Especially if Dextras hunch was correct and the mine held some Phlebotinium.

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