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Blood Magus - Zeth’s Fully-Expanded Status Screen
🕑 Added 2024-10-22 04:52:17 +0000 UTCThe following is the entirety of Zeth’s Status as of chapter 59, including the Skill descriptions of every Skill he has purchased or unlocked in the story. There are some Skills in this list whose descriptions have not yet been revealed in the story, but they are written here. So if you’d like to see what they do, feel free to scroll through the list to find them.
[CLASS
Class Slot 1: Blood Magus - Level 11
Class Slot 2: (Locked)
Skill Points: 8
STATS
Strength: 3
Endurance: 39
Dexterity: 50
Awareness: 11
Poise: 22
Influence: 0
Shaping: 77
PURCHASED CLASS-EXCLUSIVE SKILLS
Sanguine Renewal - Rank 3
Otherworldly Excellence - Rank 5
Demonic Covenant - Rank 5
Vile Focus - Rank 10
Hellfire Ritual - Rank 10
Empowerment Ritual - Rank 6
Ritual Nexus Mastery - Rank 12
UNLOCKED CLASS-EXCLUSIVE SKILLS
Massacre’s Boon - Cost: 13
Ephemeral Bloodforge - Cost: 16
Hell Portal - Cost: 10
Unstable Anatomy - Cost: 12
Empowered Summon - Cost: 14
Friend of the Unhallowed - Cost: 7
Vascular Hypertension - Cost: 11
Incendiary Intensification - Cost: 13
Resonant Whispers - Cost: 9
Secure Rites - Cost: 12
Speedy Rites - Cost: 12
Compact Rites - Cost: 12
Forbidden Knowledge - Cost: 25
Unholy Strength - Cost: 18
PURCHASED UNIVERSAL SKILLS
Self-Destruction - Rank 0
Exercise - Rank 10
Steady Hands - Rank 10
Butchering - Rank 10
Meditation - Rank 10
Prayer - Rank 10
Human - Rank 10
UNLOCKED UNIVERSAL SKILLS
Sleep Deprivation - Cost: 10
Heat Resistance - Cost: 14
Binge Eating - Cost: 16
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PURCHASED CLASS-EXCLUSIVE SKILLS
[Sanguine Renewal
Cost: 15 Skill Points
Requirements: Level 8 Blood Magus
When you are injured, as long as your body contains a healthy amount of blood, automatically consumes 1% of that blood per second to rapidly recover those injuries, prioritizing life-threatening ones first. The rate at which your body is healed depends on your normal healing rate and the amount of blood being consumed, and is increased by 1% per point you have in the Endurance Stat, plus an additional 1% per point you have in the Shaping Stat.]
[Otherworldly Excellence
Cost: 17 Skill Points
Requirements: Level 6 Blood Magus
The second Skill that is entirely unique to the Blood Magus Class. Sets the leader of all Blood Mages apart from the rabble by granting mastery in a Stat beyond what would normally be considered possible.
Upon purchasing this Skill, choose a Stat. Whenever this Skill Ranks up and whenever you Level up with the Blood Magus Class, increase the chosen Stat by 5.]
[Demonic Covenant
Cost: 15 Skill Points
Requirements: Level 5 Blood Magus
Uses a ritual circle to attempt to summon a demon from the Thirteenth Realm. The demon will be bound to the caster’s word, and can be dismissed at will.
Strength of sacrifice required: Moderate
Required ritual circle diameter: 7.76 feet (originally 10 feet)
Time required to draw: 3.88 hours (originally 5 hours)
Upkeep time required each day: 3.11 hours (originally 4 hours)]
[Vile Focus
Cost: 8 Skill Points
Requirements: Rank 5 Ritual Circle Mastery
Your mind is sharpened and honed while creating ritual circles, allowing you to make fewer mistakes and become less distracted during the art.
Decreases each of the required diameter of your ritual circles, the amount of time required to draw ritual circles, and the upkeep time required each day by 2.5% per Rank in this Skill.]
[Hellfire Ritual
Cost: 13 Skill Points
Requirements: Level 1 Blood Magus
Uses a ritual circle to create a hellfire trap. Upon completion of the ritual, the trap will become armed, and any being other than you who comes into contact with the circle will trigger it, causing it to burst into a powerful inferno.
Strength of sacrifice required: Low
Required ritual circle diameter: 4.66 inches (originally 6 inches)
Time required to draw: 46.6 minutes (originally 1 hours)
Upkeep time required each day: 15.5 minutes (originally 20 minutes)]
[Empowerment Ritual
Cost: 1 Skill Point
Requirements: Rank 1 Ritual Circle Mastery
Uses a ritual circle to attempt to Level Up the Blood Magus Class. Required ritual circle size, time required to draw it, upkeep time required, and strength of the sacrifice required for a successful empowering ritual each increase as Blood Magus Class Level increases.
Strength of sacrifice required: Moderate
Required ritual circle diameter: 5.82 feet (originally 7.5 feet)
Time required to daw: 18.63 hours (originally 24 hours)
Upkeep time required each day: 1.49 hours (originally 1.92 hours)]
[Ritual Nexus Mastery (II)
Cost: 5 Skill Points
Requirements: Rank 10 Ritual Circle Mastery, Rank 10 Vile Focus
Max Rank: 20
Replaces Ritual Circle Mastery
Allows you to draw ritual circles with mana and activate them using empowered blood.
For each rank in this skill, the amount of mental effort required of you to draw ritual circles is decreased by 0.1% per point you have in the Shaping Stat.
While you are within 20 feet of at least one completed ritual circle, increases the natural effects your Stats have on your body and mind. This effect is intensified the more ritual circles you are near, and the more powerful those ritual circles are (minimum 25%.)]
UNLOCKED CLASS-EXCLUSIVE SKILLS
[Massacre’s Boon
Cost: 13 Skill Points
Requirements: Level 11 Blood Magus
Blood sacrifices provided to ritual circles that come from at least 10 different human sources are treated as though they were 100% stronger, plus an additional 10% for each Rank in this Skill.]
[Ephemeral Bloodforge
Cost: 16 Skill Points
Requirements: Level 10 Blood Magus
Grants you minor telekinetic control over your own blood, allowing you to draw blood from your body and shape it as you wish. At any point, you may turn a portion of your blood into a rigid object that can fit into a six inch cube. Objects created this way melt back into blood after one minute.
Your ability to exert fine control with blood telekinesis and the speed at which you can move your blood using it increases by 10% per Rank in this Skill, plus an additional 2% per 5 points you have in the Shaping Stat.]
[Hell Portal
Cost: 10 Skill Points
Requirements: Level 9 Blood Magus
Uses a ritual circle to forcibly open a realm portal connecting the First and Thirteenth realms. Anything can pass through in both directions, and the portal will stay open until the ritual circle is disturbed, or until its opener wills it closed.
Strength of sacrifice required: High
Required ritual circle diameter: 15.53 feet (originally 20 feet)
Time required to draw: 77.63 hours (originally 100 hours)
Upkeep time required each day: 46.58 minutes (originally 1 hour)]
[Unstable Anatomy
Cost: 12 Skill Points
Requirements: Rank 5 Demonic Covenant, Rank 5 Hellfire Ritual
When demons under your control are killed, their bodies explode into an inferno with strength equal to the flames of your Hellfire Circle, plus an additional 20% strength per Rank in this Skill.]
[Empowered Summon
Cost: 14 Skill Points
Requirements: Rank 5 Demonic Covenant, Rank 5 Empowerment Ritual
Residual mana from the summoning process provides temporary power to your demons. Demons you summon have the natural effects of their Strength, Endurance, and Dexterity Stats increased by 50%, plus an additional 5% for each Rank in this Skill, plus an additional 5% per 10 points you have in the Shaping Stat. This effect decreases by 10% for every hour they remain outside of their home realm.]
[Friend of the Unhallowed
Cost: 7 Skill Points
Requirements: Rank 5 Demonic Covenant
The natural fear-inflicting effects of the demon species have a diminished effect on you by an additive 10% per Rank in this Skill. By Rank 10, the effect will be completely nullified.]
[Vascular Hypertension
Cost: 11 Skill Points
Requirements: Level 7 Blood Magus
Allows your body to hold more blood in it than physically possible. Your blood compresses within itself so that your veins hold 10% more per Rank in this Skill, plus an additional 2% more per point you have in the Endurance Stat.
As the blood leaves your body, it decompresses, leading to you losing blood from injuries at a typical rate.]
[Incendiary Intensification
Cost: 13 Skill Points
Requirements: Level 5 Blood Magus, Rank 5 Hellfire Ritual
If rituals are conducted near a large amount of fire, blood sacrifices provided to ritual circles are treated as though they were 50% stronger, plus an additional 5% for each Rank in this Skill.]
[Resonant Whispers
Cost: 9 Skill Points
Requirements: Level 5 Blood Magus, Rank 5 Vile Focus
The strands of blood magic within your soul communicate more clearly with your mind, allowing the dark art to whisper in your ear.
Provides you with an inherent instinct for how effective any nearby blood will be at fueling your rituals.]
[Secure Rites
Cost: 12 Skill Points
Requirements: Level 4 Blood Magus
Improves your ability to make your mana sustain itself in the world through sheer force of will, decreasing the upkeep time required each day to maintain your ritual circles by 5% per Rank in this Skill, as well as another 2.5% for each 25 points you have in the Influence Stat.]
[Speedy Rites
Cost: 12 Skill Points
Requirements: Level 4 Blood Magus
Improves your ability to quickly trace mana into the world, decreasing the minimum time required to draw your ritual circles by 5% per Rank in this Skill, as well as another 2.5% for each 25 points you have in the Dexterity Stat.]
[Compact Rites
Cost: 12 Skill Points
Requirements: Level 4 Blood Magus
Improves your ability to tightly weave mana into the crevices of your circles, decreasing the required diameter of your ritual circles by 5% per Rank in this Skill, as well as another 2.5% for each 25 points you have in the Awareness Stat.]
[Forbidden Knowledge
Cost: 25 Skill Points
Requirements: Level 3 Blood Magus
The first Skill that is entirely unique to the Blood Magus Class. If used properly and carefully, can be the strongest font of power given by the Class, but can also be what brings about the holder of the Class’s ultimate destruction.
Forms a tenuous connection between the holder of this Skill and the Eighteenth Realm, allowing gifts to travel between.]
[Unholy Strength
Cost: 18 Skill Points
Requirements: Level 2 Blood Magus
Uses a ritual circle to grant unnatural strength to the caster. Upon completion of the ritual, the natural effects of the caster’s Strength Stat are increased by 60, and Endurance and Dexterity Stats are each increased by 30, plus an additional 2 to each per Rank in this Skill, for 10 minutes.
Strength of sacrifice required: Low
Required ritual circle diameter: 2.33 feet (originally 3 feet)
Time required to draw: 3.11 hours (originally 4 hours)
Upkeep time required each day: 46.6 minutes (originally 1 hour)]
PURCHASED UNIVERSAL SKILLS
[Self-Destruction
Cost: 3 Skill Points
Requirements: Cause life-threatening harm to yourself.
Increases the speed at which you recover from injury by 300%, plus an additional 60% for each Rank in this Skill.]
[Exercise
Cost: 7 Skill Points
Requirements: Spend a significant amount of time physically exerting yourself.
Decreases energy spent from physical exertion by 5%, as well as another 1% for each Rank in this Skill.]
[Steady Hands
Cost: 13 Skill Points
Requirements: Become skilled at tasks that require you to move carefully and without waver.
Assists you in keeping your hands steady and calm when working. Your Poise and Dexterity Stats are treated as though they were 20 higher, plus an additional 2 for each Rank in this Skill, for the purposes of retaining fine control of your hands when physically tired or mentally stressed.]
[Butchering
Cost: 14 Skill Points
Requirements: Butcher an animal carcass
Increases your skill, finesse, and knowledge regarding the butchering of corpses. Each of your Stats are treated as though they were 10 higher, plus an additional 1 for each Rank in this Skill, when their respective benefits would help you with the profession.]
[Prayer
Cost: 6 Skill Points
Requirements: Spend a significant amount of time and mental energy in prayer
Helps your ability to find hope in times of hopelessness. Your Poise Stat is treated as though it were 1 higher for each Rank in this Skill when you are sufficiently stressed.]
[Mediation
Cost: 6 Skill Points
Requirements: Spend a significant amount of time and mental energy in meditation
Helps your ability to shut out your environment and focus inward. Your Awareness Stat is treated as though it were 1 higher for each Rank in this Skill when you are becoming more conscious of yourself.]
[Human
Cost: 0 Skill Points
Requirements: Be a human
As a human, you are the weakest of the intelligent species found throughout the Realms. Your strength must come from your ingenuity, determination, and cooperation with one another.]
UNLOCKED UNIVERSAL SKILLS
[Sleep Deprivation
Cost: 10 Skill Points
Requirements: Deprive yourself of sleep until your body begins to shut down on its own.
Increases the amount of time you can operate at peak capacity without sleeping by 25%, plus an additional 2.5% for each Rank in this Skill, plus an additional 10% for each 25 points you have in the Endurance Stat.]
[Heat Resistance
Cost: 14 Skill Points
Requirements: Endure severe burns.
When you are dealt heat-based damage, treats your Endurance Stat as though it were 25 higher for the purposes of reducing said damage, plus an additional 5 for each Rank in this Skill.]
[Binge Eating
Cost: 16 Skill Points
Requirements: Eat two days’ worth of your average daily consumption of food in under one hour.
Increases the amount of food you can comfortably store within your stomach by 100%, plus an additional 10% for each Rank in this Skill.]
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Comments
Ihsan Gunay
But do they also unlock new skills like how he got the unstable anatomy with demonic covenant + hellfire ritual?
Reg Rome
I don't think I've mentioned this yet in-story, but yes, Universal Skills can contribute to Exclusive Skill Evolution unlocks. It's much rarer, though, so it doesn't happen as often.
Ihsan Gunay
Can universal skills be used for class exclusive skill unlocks? Hellfire ritual + heat resistance and self-destruction + unstable anatomy should be interesting combos for new skills. Also, Hell portal and Forbidden knowledge will probably unlock new skills with every skill. Demonic Covenant should get particularly good skill options.
Ihsan Gunay
Another thing to note is that he needs to unlock an otherworldly excellence evolution by level 16 to maximize his gains. He should focus on getting and maxing out all the skills he wants before then. Right now he can easily afford all of the skills he wants if he prioritizes ranking them up before leveling. Getting the forbidden knowledge is probably also a good idea. Hopefully he’ll get a good mental protection skill by level 15 to use it safely. Maybe rank 10 vile focus and friend of the unhollowed will unlock something like that.
Ihsan Gunay
Binge eating costs a lot but it’s a good combo with sleep deprivation. He will probably complete the trifecta by getting a 💩 holding skill with his ritual marathons. 🤣🤣🤣
Ihsan Gunay
It would be really funny if Zeth picked inquisitor as his second class to fuel his quest for vengeance. ☠️
Toast
I think that makes a lot more sense! Sorry if I came off as overly critical of the original way you had the skill but with how strong it was I was really confused as to why Zeth wouldn't have taken it earlier, so explaining how strong it could've been in conjunction with other skills made it easier to get the point across.
Reg Rome
Alright, after sleeping on it I ended up deciding to tweak the Skill by increasing its Strength gain and decreasing its Dexterity/Endurance gain. The total number of Stats it gives is lower, so its a bit of a nerf, but I also felt like a Skill with the word "Strength" in the name should probably focus more on the Strength Stat than the others, so I felt like the change was appropriate regardless. Ultimately, I feel that what Zeth said at the beginning when he unlocked the Skill, that it was a powerful Skill but out of his budget, pretty much applies throughout the story and so he wouldn't necessarily need to constantly be returning to it and thinking it over again. Now that he no longer has a single Skill he's primarily working toward, he's gonna be going back and picking up older Skills he unlocked in the past and has been meaning to get to, so there'll be a moment where he checks out Unholy Strength again and reevaluates its power.
Reg Rome
The method to get a Class has been mentioned here and there, but effectively each Class has a set of Skills associated with it. In order to get the Class, you have to purchase and fully Rank up a certain number of those associated Skills, with the number you need to purchase going up as its rarity goes up. Having a Class itself isn't seen as insanely rare or anything, but many people forego taking one because getting a Class makes you worth more progress toward the next Level for people with combat Classes, meaning you'd be turning yourself into a target. So it's a bit of a risk, especially if you're not taking a combat-focused Class that can effectively protect you. However, plenty of people still do take Classes despite that danger---it was mentioned at the beginning of the novel, but the mining guild actually requests that all of its members take the Miner Class themselves, since it isn't that difficult to get a lower-Rarity Class. It's getting a higher Rarity one and Leveling it up to get more significant power that's difficult.
Reg Rome
Ah, you're right, my notes were messed up. Thanks for pointing that out, it's been fixed!
Toast
I explained more in the discord but I don't think the size would be an issue if he got compact rites as well. After everything it would be only 7 inches and that's assuming he gets nothing else decreasing the size and doesn't raise his awareness at all.
BrandyLeeT
How rare is having a class? Is it comon and his town just so repressed that they dont have that many classholders? Also how do you get a class the normal way? Do you need someone to teach you? Or do you just unlock and learn core skills and then get offered the option to take the class?
Ihsan Gunay
I believe butchering and steady hands should cost 27 skill points total according to earlier chapters.
BrokenBulb65
I believe the reason the ritual isn't used is its size; at a diameter of 2.33ft, it would be almost impossible to carry around comfortably and stealthily. Especially when you consider he is already struggling with just carrying hellfire rituals as it, which are only 4.66 inches; 6× smaller
Toast
Going off this I think it would be a good idea to change how Unholy Strength works. A skill as strong as this one really doesn't have a reason to not have been mentioned by Zeth sooner. Especially since he's had it since basically Day 1
Toast
I think we need a chapter coming up that gives Zeth a chance to sit down and look at his options. He's been going from one stressful situation to another with no rest so he's been getting skills as they fit the situation. But seeing the skills he still doesn't own I think we need a chance to see why he rationalizes skipping some of the skills he does. Especially with how important some of them seem. Unholy Strength for example could have changed nearly every fight he's been in so far. In chapter 56 when he got to 50 dexterity he thought to himself he felt like he could genuinely move 2-3x as fast. With Unholy Strength he could be carrying around multiple ritual circles to instantly become bare minimum 50 stronger in strength, endurance, and dexterity. If he carried multiple he could stack them similar to the Expedite skill in Minute Mage, and combined with his healing skills that are boosted off of endurance he would be basically unkillable for 10 minutes
