Free The Bathrobe Knight: Volume 2 by Charles Dean

because every choice I’ve made on my skill tree I’ve pushed towards group-oriented speed buffs.”
    “So, I take it other Base Classes besides Scout have that option?”
    “Yeah, but you won’t see it often. In that fight on the beach, I didn’t see even a single party designed with augmentation in mind, which is good because even you’d have to struggle if you fought a well put together team of PvP-oriented players who knew how to stack buffs and synergize their auras and shouts to properly compliment one another. Ten warriors who only specialized in pure damage skills and focus can’t do more damage than ten buff-focused warriors.
    “Hmm, I’m guessing the damage classes do a lot of damage then to make sure people don’t just only pick skills that improve the group?”
    “Yep. It’s all about getting the group to work together, especially since each additional version of the same group buff will have diminishing effects. That’s why at a certain point, a group will still want damage-oriented classes in the mix that aren’t focused solely on buffing since they’ll get the full boost of the buffs, and the benefits will work out better for the party.”
    “I see. How exactly do the skills work?”
    “Well, if a melee class thinks about doing a combat skill while completing the activation movement, it’ll activate the skill and create the effect. For example, it isn’t a class specific skill, but White-Wing dagger-wielders naturally get a skill called ‘Dive.’ All we have to do to activate the skill is think about diving and tightening the wings and just dive at the enemy of our choice. Then, instead of normal damage when we hit, it will give us a damage bonus based on our speed of impact. It works out well with the Lightfoot class because it’s the only skill we have that we can stack our speed with the impact of the skill and deal out practically four times our standard damage per blade. It’s almost always a one-shot kill on NPCs under our level.”
    “Wow, and here I thought I was rigged.”
    “Well, you still have to reach the enemy and manage to land the attack before he dodges or parries. So, as you saw during the battle, it's a lot more effective on low-level NPCs who don’t have built-in combat reactions than it is on players who are fighting for their lives. I think part of the reason the White-Wings didn’t crush the opposition before you even showed up was because they were cocky, arrogant and unprepared for any real defense. Their confidence was too high from clearing easy prey, and they didn’t know how to handle enemies that would actually fight back properly.”
    “Yeah, I kind of got that feeling. A lot of them barely even moved, like they were in shock when I dodged one of their dives. I think I saw one guy’s mouth open in horror when I moved to the side and sliced him in half with his own momentum.”
    “Ouch. Easy, boss. That might be me one day if I go against someone who is faster than I am,” Daniel said as he cringed. “I’ve only died once so far in this game, but it wasn’t an experience I want to repeat again, much less from being cleaved in half by a guy in his bathrobe.”
    “Hey, this bathrobe is fashionable!” Darwin did his best to defend his choice of attire as he looked down at his now-treasured wardrobe.
    “I have no doubt you believe that,” Daniel smirked. “Though, if I was going to go around in a real world outfit, I’d pick a tuxedo or something. Call me agent Moon, Moon Moon.”
    “Dangit, Moon Moon,” Darwin played along with the meme.
    “Of course, I’d make sure my tuxedo was nice. You wouldn’t want to go all Jackie Chan and end up with a bad tuxedo right before a fight.”
    “Jackie Chan wore a tux?” Darwin had watched and loved almost every one of the action star’s movies, but he didn’t remember him ever dressing up before his fights.
    “Oh, don’t you remember that one movie, The Tuxedo ? Anyways, back to the earlier