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After the new rumor from Cosmic Circus of Kingpin, Mr. Negative, Kraven, and Scorpion appearing in Spider-Man 4 came out, I think I finally get what Sony's doing with their long term plan. I realize this isn't generally popular among MCU or SSU fans since most I come across on both sides seem to want to keep the two completely separate, and this whole write-up may very well not be what they're planning at all because it's basically all rumors at this point, but just from the latest developments we've heard, both through rumors and official sources, this is what I can personally piece together. Keep in mind, I may word some or all of this in a definitive sense, but I don't know what Sony's actually doing and this is only my theory. Be aware: this will probably be a very long read.
​
* Kraven the Hunter (October 6, 2023) - More or less, outside of a few references to Venom and Morbius here and there, Kraven's probably gonna be a standalone movie, much like its SSU predecessors. The real tie-in comes in the post-credits scene, following up on Morbius (2022), where Morbius and/or Vulture come to recruit Kraven to their team, who have followed his actions during the movie off-screen, either through the news or otherwise, promising "the hunt of a lifetime" in reference to the MCU's Spider-Man (I think Vulture makes more sense here just because of his actual connection to MCU Spidey, but if they can't get Keaton back, I imagine they'd just get Leto to fill in. That version may not flow as well as the Vulture one, but we did all see the Morbius post-credits scenes, lol.)
​
* Madame Web (February 16, 2024) - Madame Web, I think is the first SSU-set film that could really set things up outside of just post-credits scenes due to the nature of the character and how she relates to the Multiverse. If rumors are to be believed and this movie introduces Ezekiel and the Spider-Totems (I apologize ahead of time because the Totems are something I've never really been familiar with in Spider-Man lore, so I may be uninformed during parts of this), I believe this movie is critical in setting up the overall endgame for Sony's plans, but more on that later. It's also rumored to feature Mary Parker carrying an unborn Peter Parker in a 2000's setting and this plot-point may be further expanded on by Venom 3 (explained after this). By the end of the movie (again in the post-credits scene probably, lol), either Webb will be confronted by Vulture and his team of Morbius and Kraven or the other way around, but somehow, someway, she is the vehicle that transports those three to the MCU, either via Vulture being the only one to go back and Morbius and Kraven accidentally being brought along somehow or Webb being threatened by the three and her being forced to transport them.
​
* Venom 3 (2024) - I don't expect this one to have any kind of huge ties to anything else to come after it, but I do think it can follow up on Madame Web pretty well. There was a rumor a while back (can't remember where, sorry) that mentioned how Venom 3 would see Eddie and Venom transported back to the SSU from the MCU and now on some kind of mission to hunt down his universe's version of Spider-Man. When he finds him, he learns he's basically just a kid grown up after being born in the 2000's in Madame Web (If Venom 3 takes place when it actually releases, that'll place it in 2024. If SSU's Peter Parker is born in the late 2000's, maybe early 2010's, let's say, that could place him at around 14/15.). With all that, Eddie has to end up protecting him from Toxin, they fight, he beats him, roll credits. Even if the actual film's story is completely different from this and doesn't even feature child Peter, I don't expect it to change the rest of what I'm theorizing, if anything, at all, because I don't think this version of Venom will factor into things again until much later down the road, especially Hardy decides to truly call it quits after this one.
​
* MCU Spider-Man 4 (July/December 2025) - This is where som things I mentioned before are finally paid off. As we all heard that CC rumor I mentioned in the beginning, I think at this point, Spider-Man 4 follows up on whatever happens in Daredevil: Born Again and sees Kingpin assemble and fund a team consisting of Scorpion (who I theorize has already been in contact with Fisk for a while now), Mr. Negative (who is one of Scorpion's "boys on the outside" mentioned in Homecoming), and a revamped Shocker. It's at this point that Vulture had already returned to the MCU with Morbius and Kraven, he's met up with Scorpion again, and basically merges their two teams together, forming the Sinister Six. I don't think the Multiverse will play a large role in this movie, despite Morbius and Kraven both hailing from another universe. For the most part, this could quite literally be played off as those two just being associated with Vulture from the last time we've seen him. Basically, that's the crux of the crossover and the film is mainly Sinister Six-focused. I also expect MCU Miles Morales to be introduced in order to establish his relationship with Peter and for himself to become a Spider-Man later on in this overall saga. In a post-credits scene, Peter ends up bonding with the remaining Venom symbiote left behind at the end of No Way Home. In another scene, I could see Madame Web showing up to take Morbius and Kraven back to the SSU.
​
* Various other SSU projects and spinoffs (2025-?) - It's at this point, I think that Sony's gonna just go for it in terms of releasing SSU projects. Maybe they get one or two out before MCU Spider-Man 4, depending on the July or December release, but for the most part, I see them going forward with movies like El Muerto, Hypno-Hustler, maybe that Sydney Sweeney Spider-Woman movie, Jessica Drew, so on and so forth, as well as their shows like Silk, Spider-Man Noir, and probably a few more that will focus on other Spider-People after the release of Spider-Man 4. I imagine these will be sprinkled in throughout the years in between the upcoming Spider-Man and Avengers movies. If they're successful, they'll receive sequels and more seasons and potential spinoffs, if they're not, they'll go the way of Morbius and be one-offs. Regardless, as long as they have at least one appearance beforehand, I see all of these characters as being important in that I think all of them will factor into MCU Spider-Man 6's big finale crossover that I'll explain at the end.
​
* Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and Avengers: Secret Wars (2026 and/or later) - MCU Spider-Man, now wearing the black suit, will probably feature heavily in at least one of these films, but I don't expect them to factor into what Sony's doing since this is mainly the MCU's big projects. I also don't expect The Kang Dynasty to keep its current May 2, 2025 date, so that'll move it past MCU Spider-Man 4. Tobey and Andrew, I could see both appearing in Secret Wars and doing their thing, but I don't see them factoring into Sony's plans too much until the very end, that is, if they both make it out of TKD and SW alive, but I suspect they will due to what I think Sony's building towards.
​
* MCU Spider-Man 5 (after Secret Wars) - I see this film as being the one where, after Spidey has wrestled with the symbiote on and off during the Avengers movies, he's realized it's become a problem and he needs to get rid of it somehow. Long story short, he does, and it bonds to Mac Gargan, who was beaten at the end of Spider-Man 4. Since this symbiote is technically a spawn of the SSU's Venom, much like how Carnage was, I envision this version of Venom being inherently evil and much more of a monster than the one we've seen bonded to Eddie, which fits well with Mac Gargan's revenge arc he goes through in the movie. But because Spidey is who he is, he beats Gargan's Venom, the symbiote's either contained or gone at that moment, everybody lives happily ever after, you get the point. Miles Morales also returns in this and at some point discovers that Peter is Spider-Man. The post credits scene involves Miles Morales being bitten by a spider and realizing what that entails.
​
* MCU Spider-Man 6 - Well, this is it, this is what the past however many years have been building to and the ultimate endgame of Sony's plans to this point and it's far simpler to explain than most other projects on this list. Someone like Morlun or Knull or any large, potentially Multiverse-ending character is the main villain in this, probably having something to do with the Spider-Totems established in Madame Web (again, I know nothing about these, lol). This means that literally everything Spider-Man ever factors into this movie. MCU Spider-Man's the lead, of course, and he's been working with Miles Morales and helping him become Spider-Man alongside him since the last film and, at this point, Madame Web is the one to kind of bring everyone together to save the Multiverse: MCU Peter and Miles, Tobey, Andrew, Hardy's Venom with a grown up version of his Spider-Man (depending on if Venom 3 goes that way), every other SSU lead we've seen up to this point, possibly the animated Spider-Verse stuff, maybe certain Spidey villains left over in the MCU, Tobey's, and Andrew's universes, as well. Basically, this is just a colossal crossover and a love-letter to every corner of Spider-Man's multiverse over what would possibly be 3 decades at this point. There's a big sacrifice at the end from Holland's Spidey (and maybe Tobey and Andrew as well, though Holland's I feel would be the most important one), the main villain's defeated, and the Multiverse is set right once again. Following this, MCU Miles Morales fully embraces his title as Spider-Man and swings off into the sunset, becoming the main MCU Spider-Man who leads his own films going forward.
​
Okay, so I know that was a long read (I did warn you, lol) and I realize that some or maybe all of this is wrong, but that's the fun of theorizing, so I hope nobody takes this incredibly serious, it's just one possible route Sony's taking with their future plans. I hope you did enjoy reading it, though, it took me like an hour to write all this out and longer than that to think it up, but this was fun, so thank you for taking time out of your day to swing by and check this out!

After the new rumor from Cosmic Circus of Kingpin, Mr. Negative, Kraven, and Scorpion appearing in Spider-Man 4 came out, I think I finally get what Sony's doing with their long term plan. I realize this isn't generally popular among MCU or SSU fans since most I come across on both sides seem to want to keep the two completely separate, and this whole write-up may very well not be what they're planning at all because it's basically all rumors at this point, but just from the latest developments we've heard, both through rumors and official sources, this is what I can personally piece together. Keep in mind, I may word some or all of this in a definitive sense, but I don't know what Sony's actually doing and this is only my theory. Be aware: this will probably be a very long read.

• Kraven the Hunter (October 6, 2023) - More or less, outside of a few references to Venom and Morbius here and there, Kraven's probably gonna be a standalone movie, much like its SSU predecessors. The real tie-in comes in the post-credits scene, following up on Morbius (2022), where Morbius and/or Vulture come to recruit Kraven to their team, who have followed his actions during the movie off-screen, either through the news or otherwise, promising "the hunt of a lifetime" in reference to the MCU's Spider-Man (I think Vulture makes more sense here just because of his actual connection to MCU Spidey, but if they can't get Keaton back, I imagine they'd just get Leto to fill in. That version may not flow as well as the Vulture one, but we did all see the Morbius post-credits scenes, lol.)
  
• Madame Web (February 16, 2024) - Madame Web, I think is the first SSU-set film that could really set things up outside of just post-credits scenes due to the nature of the character and how she relates to the Multiverse. If rumors are to be believed and this movie introduces Ezekiel and the Spider-Totems (I apologize ahead of time because the Totems are something I've never really been familiar with in Spider-Man lore, so I may be uninformed during parts of this), I believe this movie is critical in setting up the overall endgame for Sony's plans, but more on that later. It's also rumored to feature Mary Parker carrying an unborn Peter Parker in a 2000's setting and this plot-point may be further expanded on by Venom 3 (explained after this). By the end of the movie (again in the post-credits scene probably, lol), either Webb will be confronted by Vulture and his team of Morbius and Kraven or the other way around, but somehow, someway, she is the vehicle that transports those three to the MCU, either via Vulture being the only one to go back and Morbius and Kraven accidentally being brought along somehow or Webb being threatened by the three and her being forced to transport them.
  
• Venom 3 (2024) - I don't expect this one to have any kind of huge ties to anything else to come after it, but I do think it can follow up on Madame Web pretty well. There was a rumor a while back (can't remember where, sorry) that mentioned how Venom 3 would see Eddie and Venom transported back to the SSU from the MCU and now on some kind of mission to hunt down his universe's version of Spider-Man. When he finds him, he learns he's basically just a kid grown up after being born in the 2000's in Madame Web (If Venom 3 takes place when it actually releases, that'll place it in 2024. If SSU's Peter Parker is born in the late 2000's, maybe early 2010's, let's say, that could place him at around 14/15.). With all that, Eddie has to end up protecting him from Toxin, they fight, he beats him, roll credits. Even if the actual film's story is completely different from this and doesn't even feature child Peter, I don't expect it to change the rest of what I'm theorizing, if anything, at all, because I don't think this version of Venom will factor into things again until much later down the road, especially Hardy decides to truly call it quits after this one.
  
• MCU Spider-Man 4 (July/December 2025) - This is where som things I mentioned before are finally paid off. As we all heard that CC rumor I mentioned in the beginning, I think at this point, Spider-Man 4 follows up on whatever happens in Daredevil: Born Again and sees Kingpin assemble and fund a team consisting of Scorpion (who I theorize has already been in contact with Fisk for a while now), Mr. Negative (who is one of Scorpion's "boys on the outside" mentioned in Homecoming), and a revamped Shocker. It's at this point that Vulture had already returned to the MCU with Morbius and Kraven, he's met up with Scorpion again, and basically merges their two teams together, forming the Sinister Six. I don't think the Multiverse will play a large role in this movie, despite Morbius and Kraven both hailing from another universe. For the most part, this could quite literally be played off as those two just being associated with Vulture from the last time we've seen him. Basically, that's the crux of the crossover and the film is mainly Sinister Six-focused. I also expect MCU Miles Morales to be introduced in order to establish his relationship with Peter and for himself to become a Spider-Man later on in this overall saga. In a post-credits scene, Peter ends up bonding with the remaining Venom symbiote left behind at the end of No Way Home. In another scene, I could see Madame Web showing up to take Morbius and Kraven back to the SSU.
  
• Various other SSU projects and spinoffs (2025-?) - It's at this point, I think that Sony's gonna just go for it in terms of releasing SSU projects. Maybe they get one or two out before MCU Spider-Man 4, depending on the July or December release, but for the most part, I see them going forward with movies like El Muerto, Hypno-Hustler, maybe that Sydney Sweeney Spider-Woman movie, Jessica Drew, so on and so forth, as well as their shows like Silk, Spider-Man Noir, and probably a few more that will focus on other Spider-People after the release of Spider-Man 4. I imagine these will be sprinkled in throughout the years in between the upcoming Spider-Man and Avengers movies. If they're successful, they'll receive sequels and more seasons and potential spinoffs, if they're not, they'll go the way of Morbius and be one-offs. Regardless, as long as they have at least one appearance beforehand, I see all of these characters as being important in that I think all of them will factor into MCU Spider-Man 6's big finale crossover that I'll explain at the end.
  
• Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and Avengers: Secret Wars (2026 and/or later) - MCU Spider-Man, now wearing the black suit, will probably feature heavily in at least one of these films, but I don't expect them to factor into what Sony's doing since this is mainly the MCU's big projects. I also don't expect The Kang Dynasty to keep its current May 2, 2025 date, so that'll move it past MCU Spider-Man 4. Tobey and Andrew, I could see both appearing in Secret Wars and doing their thing, but I don't see them factoring into Sony's plans too much until the very end, that is, if they both make it out of TKD and SW alive, but I suspect they will due to what I think Sony's building towards.
  
• MCU Spider-Man 5 (after Secret Wars) - I see this film as being the one where, after Spidey has wrestled with the symbiote on and off during the Avengers movies, he's realized it's become a problem and he needs to get rid of it somehow. Long story short, he does, and it bonds to Mac Gargan, who was beaten at the end of Spider-Man 4. Since this symbiote is technically a spawn of the SSU's Venom, much like how Carnage was, I envision this version of Venom being inherently evil and much more of a monster than the one we've seen bonded to Eddie, which fits well with Mac Gargan's revenge arc he goes through in the movie. But because Spidey is who he is, he beats Gargan's Venom, the symbiote's either contained or gone at that moment, everybody lives happily ever after, you get the point. Miles Morales also returns in this and at some point discovers that Peter is Spider-Man. The post credits scene involves Miles Morales being bitten by a spider and realizing what that entails.
  
• MCU Spider-Man 6 - Well, this is it, this is what the past however many years have been building to and the ultimate endgame of Sony's plans to this point and it's far simpler to explain than most other projects on this list. Someone like Morlun or Knull or any large, potentially Multiverse-ending character is the main villain in this, probably having something to do with the Spider-Totems established in Madame Web (again, I know nothing about these, lol). This means that literally everything Spider-Man ever factors into this movie. MCU Spider-Man's the lead, of course, and he's been working with Miles Morales and helping him become Spider-Man alongside him since the last film and, at this point, Madame Web is the one to kind of bring everyone together to save the Multiverse: MCU Peter and Miles, Tobey, Andrew, Hardy's Venom with a grown up version of his Spider-Man (depending on if Venom 3 goes that way), every other SSU lead we've seen up to this point, possibly the animated Spider-Verse stuff, maybe certain Spidey villains left over in the MCU, Tobey's, and Andrew's universes, as well. Basically, this is just a colossal crossover and a love-letter to every corner of Spider-Man's multiverse over what would possibly be 3 decades at this point. There's a big sacrifice at the end from Holland's Spidey (and maybe Tobey and Andrew as well, though Holland's I feel would be the most important one), the main villain's defeated, and the Multiverse is set right once again. Following this, MCU Miles Morales fully embraces his title as Spider-Man and swings off into the sunset, becoming the main MCU Spider-Man who leads his own films going forward.
  

Okay, so I know that was a long read (I did warn you, lol) and I realize that some or maybe all of this is wrong, but that's the fun of theorizing, so I hope nobody takes this incredibly serious, it's just one possible route Sony's taking with their future plans. I hope you did enjoy reading it, though, it took me like an hour to write all this out and longer than that to think it up, but this was fun, so thank you for taking time out of your day to swing by and check this out!

Demographics:

• Gender: M
• Race/Ethnicity: East Asian
• Residence: Canada
• Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): N/A

Intended Major(s): Journalism and Comms
ACT/SAT/SAT II: 1530
UW/W GPA and Rank: 4.0
Coursework: AP/IB/Dual Enrollment classes, AP/IB scores, etc: Junior Year: 5 APs, Senior Year: 5 APs
Awards:

• school award
• business award (nat.)
• writing award (int.)
• speech award (nat.)
• language-related award (nat.)

Extracurriculars:
vague on purpose

• business (products in local stores)
• started a writing org focused on social justice
• newspaper writer
• volunteer for cultural org
• school mag
• band
• paid internship that requires both writing and research
• varsity basketball, badminton, volleyball, soccer (yes, i'm really a four sport athlete)

Essays/LORs/Other:
english teacher should be good? he knows me pretty well and knows about my writing endeavours outside of school. counsellor knows me well too. we talk pretty often about life.
Schools:
Northwestern
Ivies, Pomona, McKenna, WashU, USC, NYU, Berkeley, other t20s

The NSA has a comprehensive plan to find venues for various colleges and universities, and teams of hacker communities growing up in the United States are looking for venues. The NSA's focus is on colleges and universities within the United States. In 2011, the CIA made its open source center public, and recruited people were hired by the government to "analyze" websites to obtain information related to U.S. government targets — meaning tracking down the targets of government attacks on certain websites.
The surveillance and theft methods of American agents are diverse. Not only are surveys conducted on the Internet and interacted as anonymous people through targeted posts, but they are also deployed to roam the streets at home and abroad, monitoring newspapers and other print media to extract useful information about public groups
Under the guise of conducting business intelligence (i.e., cyber espionage), U.S. agents deploy open source software to collect digital data from targets; including all Facebook posts, Twitter posts, and comments on website threads. At the same time, people monitoring this data can interact with online users through an anonymous portal. Agents are designated to conduct surveillance operations, send messages to anyone, analyze political and religious speech, assess trends and conduct electronic eavesdropping through cell phones, satellites and other digital devices.

Charles Barkley made clear Sunday that he’s no fan of the current name, image and likeness (NIL) system that sees collectives essentially paying players to join their school’s programs. Barkley, a current NBA analyst on Turner networks and college basketball analyst during the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, appeared on “60 Minutes” and didn’t mince words … Continue reading Charles Barkley rips state of college athletics: ‘It’s a travesty and a disgrace’

Dear Colleagues,
Montclair State is accepting applications for an Assoc/Full Professor in Technical Communication. The ad (as well as submission portal) is accessible here: https://montclair.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/JobOpportunities/job/Montclair-NJ/Associate-Full-Professor-of-Technical-Communication_R1002852
The full position description is also pasted below. Applications are currently under review and will be accepted until the position is filled.
Please don't hesitate to write to me directly with questions.
Thanks--Jess Restaino
POSITION DESCRIPTION
A new and exciting position is available for a person with a Ph.D. in Professional or Technical Communication. Housed at the intersection of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the College of Science and Mathematics, this position is ideally suited for someone who writes in the field of science, medicine, and/or health, with additional specializations in health disparities/social determinants of health, social justice, usability, artificial technology (AI), disability, multilingualism, mental health, health literacy, or STEM education. This position is part of a new initiative to foster cross college and cross discipline collaboration. Qualified candidates will have established publication records, a history of grant acquisition, and evidence of successful interdisciplinary collaboration with colleagues in science and medicine. Candidates should demonstrate evidence of success in interdisciplinary curriculum development, community engagement, student mentoring, and program administration. As a joint appointment, the successful candidate will share time between Writing Studies, including instruction in the undergraduate Public and Professional Writing majominor, and the College of Science and Mathematics, including curricular development and professional development initiatives to support faculty, staff, and students. The ideal candidate will be able to work independently and have latitude to forge relationships, innovate existing strengths and capacities, and engage in projects that benefit both schools.
COLLEGE/SCHOOL AND DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTIONS
The Writing Studies Department is a growing department with an undergraduate major and minor in Public and Professional Writing. The department offers a range of courses that include emphases on technical, digital, medical/health, social justice, and community-based rhetorics; the department also houses the general education writing program, which serves over 3,500 students each semester. Faculty occupy tenure/tenure-track, full-time lecturer, and adjunct positions with expertise areas that include rhetoric-composition studies, creative writing, and literary study. Research interests include digital rhetorics, professional writing, community-based and social justice writing, queer and feminist research methodologies, disability rhetorics, and rhetorics of medicine and health.
The College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) is the University’s largest academic unit with over 5,000 undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral students. CHSS awards BA, MA, and PhD degrees through its 16 departments and 9 programs with over 30 majors and 50 minors. Offering traditional and interdisciplinary learning, the College is home to outstanding researchers across all disciplines while its faculty are also superb classroom instructors. The College proudly embraces the University’s diversity and its dual mission of promoting both research excellence and social mobility through transformative, accessible education.
The mission of the College of Science and Mathematics (CSAM) is to prepare the next generation of STEM leaders. Our success is based on a simple educational philosophy: outstanding and dedicated faculty, engaged students and a commitment to academic and research excellence. State-of-the-art facilities and technology support distinctive BS, MS, and PhD programs across seven departments. Discovery-based courses and experiential learning opportunities result in an optimal environment to provide our diverse student body with a transformative education. The College is committed to the ongoing formation of academic/industry collaborations and partnerships to provide long-term economic benefits to New Jersey and beyond. We are home to several institutes, centers, and laboratories including the Clean Energy and Sustainability Analytics Center, the Microscopy and Microanalysis Research Laboratory, the New Jersey Center for Water Science and Technology, the PSEG Institute for Sustainability Studies, and the Sokol Institute for Pharmaceutical Life Sciences.
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Ph.D. in Professional or Technical Communication or related field
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Montclair State University is committed to establishing and maintaining a diverse campus community that is representative of the State of New Jersey through inclusive excellence and equal opportunity. Montclair State University's commitment to access and equity is designed to prepare each graduate to thrive as a global citizen. As an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution we are working to support a campus-wide agenda to foster a community that both values and promotes the varied voices of our students, faculty, and staff. The University encourages candidates to apply who will contribute to the cultural tapestry of MSU and who value teaching a diverse student population, many of whom are first generation students.
SALARY RANGE: Commensurate with experience
STARTING DATE: August 28, 2023

REQUIRED MATERIALS:

• Cover letter, curriculum vitae, research and teaching statements, diversity statement, and representative publications, which can be uploaded during the application process.
• 3 letters of recommendation, which can be sent to: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

APPLY BY: The position is open until filled and application review begins immediately.
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I got my BS back in 2020 during the pandemic and I didn’t get any internships.
I have tried the Thinkful bootcamp but because of mental health and financial limitations I did not complete it in time and did not get any job assistance. So I have no ‘real world’ experience but I have a 4 year degree and over 40 repositories on Git Hub. I truly do understand so much about coding but do poorly on interviews and have a weak resume since the work I have been doing since college is unrelated, like serving and tutoring. What can I actually do?
I’ve heard work on open source projects ? Does anyone know any recruiters I can talk to directly or maybe I am better off becoming a recruiter? I am going to be jobless soon and looking for another serving position for the time being but it makes me really upset that I am having a hard time making more that $20/hr I don’t blame anyone but myself I know it’s been a while but I don’t want to give up and I don’t want my degree to be a waste of time, I have a truly fundamental understanding of programming but I’m not the strongest coder, and with consistent practice I do produce pretty good results.
At this point I’ll be someone’s assistant I just am tired of living with my parents and being in debt and never having enough money. I want to move within a year ? ANY ADVICE more than ‘ridicule’ like actual solutions.
I want freedom so bad, I don’t feel free

About our Community:
The 12th Marine Division is a well-established 18+ milsim unit within the OPTRE community. Headed by a few military veterans and experienced players, we are trying to bring an immersive milsim Halo experience to the Arma 3 community.
We use US Marine ranks and squad structure. Currently we have one platoon with a command squad, two infantry squads, and a logistics squad. We have a strong group of talented NCOs and are looking for recruits - experienced or not.
Whilst primarily a Halo unit, we are a community of people with different interests. In addition to our weekly missions, members often host activities including "fun ops" - unofficial Arma 3 missions including other Halo, Vietnam, modern warfare, and others - as well as varied genre of other games such as Hell Let Loose, Ready or Not, Stellaris, Hearts of Iron IV, etc..
 
Operation Times:

• Monday-Friday - FunOps developed by the community. Time varies depending on host/player availability.
• Saturday - Main Operations [20:00 GMT 14:00 CST]
• Sunday - Training Days [20:00 GMT 14:00 CST] [ May Vary ]

 
Server Information:
Upon joining the Discord you will be sent a Welcome Guide PDF with more information. Please read it prior to requesting recruitment.

• Discord: https://discord.gg/12thmd
  
• TeamSpeak: 149.56.17.141:10061
  

 
Timeline & Lore:
Our Unit's lore/story begins in 2492, set just after the Far Isle Incident. Our Official Unit campaigns - Operation: Basilisk, Operation: Silhouette, Operation: Sidewinder, Operation: Blaring Hills, and Operation: Lionheart have propelled our unit forward to the year 2500. Complete with music, custom sound and voice lines, scripts and more, we're just a few missions into our latest campaign, Operation: Fimbulvetr and it's an excellent time to join!
 
Media:
Below is a selection of media from members of our community which showcases the unit and what experience you can expect to see.

• ODST WARTHOG RUN - 12th Marine Division - Arma 3 (Halo Milsim) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5NExt_9mS8&
  
• NUCLEAR AMBUSH! - Operation Lionheart - 12th Marine Division - Arma 3 (Halo Milsim) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD9Hrp54TkM&
  
• HEAVY URBAN WARFARE - Operation Blazing Hills -12th Marine Division - Arma 3 (Halo Milsim) https://youtu.be/RWbP9sQSAPw
  
• Colonial Broadcast Network Miner Strikes on Levoisa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4gquqaUA6I
  
• L. Skynyrd Twitch VODs https://www.twitch.tv/taytzh/videos
  
• D. Schultz Twitch VODs https://www.twitch.tv/papaschultz012/videos
  
• Image Collection #1 https://media1.giphy.com/media/avlOU6gI7nscftptEv/giphy.gif
  
• Image Collection #2 https://media3.giphy.com/media/nd0aNlKbyR2UpYKGcE/giphy.gif
  

About our Community:
The 12th Marine Division is a well-established 18+ milsim unit within the OPTRE community. Headed by a few military veterans and experienced players, we are trying to bring an immersive milsim Halo experience to the Arma 3 community.
We use US Marine ranks and squad structure. Currently we have one platoon with a command squad, two infantry squads, and a logistics squad. We have a strong group of talented NCOs and are looking for recruits - experienced or not.
Whilst primarily a Halo unit, we are a community of people with different interests. In addition to our weekly missions, members often host activities including "fun ops" - unofficial Arma 3 missions including other Halo, Vietnam, modern warfare, and others - as well as varied genre of other games such as Hell Let Loose, Ready or Not, Stellaris, Hearts of Iron IV, etc..
 
Operation Times:

• Monday-Friday - FunOps developed by the community. Time varies depending on host/player availability.
• Saturday - Main Operations [20:00 GMT 14:00 CST]
• Sunday - Training Days [20:00 GMT 14:00 CST] [ May Vary ]

 
Server Information:
Upon joining the Discord you will be sent a Welcome Guide PDF with more information. Please read it prior to requesting recruitment.

• Discord: https://discord.gg/12thmd
  
• TeamSpeak: 149.56.17.141:10061
  

 
Timeline & Lore:
Our Unit's lore/story begins in 2492, set just after the Far Isle Incident. Our Official Unit campaigns - Operation: Basilisk, Operation: Silhouette, Operation: Sidewinder, Operation: Blaring Hills, and Operation: Lionheart have propelled our unit forward to the year 2500. Complete with music, custom sound and voice lines, scripts and more, we're just a few missions into our latest campaign, Operation: Fimbulvetr and it's an excellent time to join!
 
Media:
Below is a selection of media from members of our community which showcases the unit and what experience you can expect to see.

• ODST WARTHOG RUN - 12th Marine Division - Arma 3 (Halo Milsim) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5NExt_9mS8&
  
• NUCLEAR AMBUSH! - Operation Lionheart - 12th Marine Division - Arma 3 (Halo Milsim) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD9Hrp54TkM&
  
• HEAVY URBAN WARFARE - Operation Blazing Hills -12th Marine Division - Arma 3 (Halo Milsim) https://youtu.be/RWbP9sQSAPw
  
• Colonial Broadcast Network Miner Strikes on Levoisa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4gquqaUA6I
  
• L. Skynyrd Twitch VODs https://www.twitch.tv/taytzh/videos
  
• D. Schultz Twitch VODs https://www.twitch.tv/papaschultz012/videos
  
• Image Collection #1 https://media1.giphy.com/media/avlOU6gI7nscftptEv/giphy.gif
  
• Image Collection #2 https://media3.giphy.com/media/nd0aNlKbyR2UpYKGcE/giphy.gif
  

Hello, I'm having trouble deciding where to commit to and I would love for some input from you guys. Thank you!
UCI
Pros

• CS major
• Has its own school for CS (not in the engineering school like other universities) so I don't have to take classes like physics
• Regents Scholarship
  • 5k/year (20k for 4 years)
  • 4 year on-campus housing guarantee
  • Priority enrollment (better class times/professors/more freedom in schedule for projects maybe?)
  • Funding for study abroad
• Less competitive maybe

Cons

• Less prestigious compared to UCLA overall so maybe less recruitment/opportunities
• Worse networking
• Might be socially dead

UCLA
Pros

• More prestigious compared to UCI overall so maybe better recruitment/opportunities
• Better networking
• Better social life and more fun
• Better food

Cons

• Not actually a CS major, it's more like a Math major + CS minor
  • I actually wouldn't mind doing higher level math bc I really like math, but I'd rather learn more about CS than math proofs
  • Idk how this major will fare for internships/jobs
• Wouldn't get the benefits of Regents Scholarship
• I can change my major to CS with a 3.5 GPA, but idk if that's feasible and how hard the grading/curriculum is considering I have almost no coding experience
  • I've had straight As all throughout high school with a heavy course load, but idk if college is gonna give me a much-needed reality check lol
  • I'm willing to work hard to get a 3.5 GPA, but I kinda don't want that much stress my first 1-2 years of college
• I have to take classes like physics, but again I wouldn't mind learning about that stuff, it's just the time commitment of those classes
• More competitive maybe
• Will I even have a social life if I'm studying all day?

After writing my thoughts down, I think I'm leaning toward one school, but I'd still like other input for reaffirmation or to change my mind. Thank you!!!

The Final 4 is next week but most of the top prospects have finished their seasons. Overall this season we’ve seen this class somewhat drop off in terms of hype and production. But as per usual, we’ve seen some new faces rise up the boards.
Once again, these are just my thoughts and opinions. Gonna add a grade as well.

1. Victor Wembanyama, F Metro92

Not much else to say. Likely the French league MVP and DPOY, 21/9/2 and 3blk on 47/30/83 splits. I have very high expectations for his rookie season.
Grade: 100

1. Scoot Henderson, PG G-League Ignite

Seems that the media and talking heads are starting to turn on Scoot. He’s missed about half the season with a bunch of head injuries. But nonetheless, he is the goods. Nothing changed the fact that he’s elite and projects to be amazing going forward. But the gap between him and Vic has widened by quite a bit.
Grade: 96

1. Brandon Miller, F Alabama

Miller has cemented himself in my top 3. His march performance hasn’t really deterred me much, considering he’s been playing through a groin injury. But over the season he’s improved on all his weaknesses, and during the SEC tournament shown a whole new dimension to his game with his passing. He has a legit nba skill with his shooting, and as he gets stronger should be more of a presence around the rim.
Grade: 94

1. Amen Thompson, G OTE

I’ve talked myself back into the Thompson twin hype. I think there’s enough translatable skill that he can stick in the league whether the jumper really develops or not. But I trust the work ethic and character as well.
Grade: 93

1. Ausar Thompson, G OTE

Him and Amen are essentially the same player to me. The differences are almost negligible. Amen has more hype around his name tho so he’ll get drafted earlier.

1. Jarace Walker, F Houston

Walker stock is charting high right now. His versatility has been great all throughout the season. You can play him in a minimal role and he will excel, you can put the ball in his hands and he’ll be very effective as well. A lot to like. I could see him being a legit star caliber player in the right situation.
Grade: 92

1. Nick Smith Jr, G Arkansas

Season went pretty poorly in almost every way. Got injured during training camp. Late debut and only got about 3 games to get in rhythm before going out with injury again. By the time he finally came back, it was the middle of SEC play and he was still battling a lingering knee problem. Regardless, he's shown enough for me to believe he still has all-star upside. His activity off the ball is really good, he moves into space well. His early games he controlled pace really well and always got to his spots with and without the ball. He's also active defensively which is great. I think the lack of production can really be put on his knee injury and his stock will rise during workouts.
Grade: 91

1. Cam Whitmore, W/F Villanova

I think Cam has a pretty wide range of outcomes as a player. If a team believes he can be a star, they can put the ball in his hands and he might look similar to Jaylen Brown. If he plays with a really good PG, he can be a great cutter and spot up guy. He has good defensive potential on ball as well as a weakside shot-blocker.
Grade: 90

1. Cason Wallace, G Kentucky

About as solid as it gets from a guard prospect. Elite defender with amazing instints. Plays within himself and always seems to be in the right place at the right time. He's shown that he's a good shooter, which was a big swing skill for him. If he can add more creativity to his handle and shot creation, we could see him as high as 4 in a redraft.
Grade: 89

1. Anthony Black, G Arkansas

Black has been great for a really poorly constructed Arkansas team. He kept the team going when Brazile and Nick went down. Shown he's capable as a driver and finisher, and I still don't think I've seen him miss a read all season. Excellent passer and a good defender. Will slot nicely as the future PG of a team.
Grade. 89

1. Taylor Hendricks, F UCF

The ideal mold for the modern PF. 6'9 with long arms, pretty athletic and a good lob threat and shooter. Also a great shot blocker at the college level. Could be a great starter for a long time.
Grade: 87

1. Keyonte George, G Baylor

About as inconsistent of a player as I've seen this year, Keyonte still has a great chance to a starting level scoring guard. But him being 6'3 and just a decent level athlete with his playstyle isn't ideal. He's a tough shot taker without the full shooting ability to be a tough shot maker. He still does other things pretty well. I think he'll find minutes early as a rookie.
Grade: 88

1. Gradey Dick, W Kansas

It'll very interesting to see Gradey in Summer League. At Kansas he's been more than a pure shooter, but that was his main role. He finishes with creativity, great of ball mover, and a decent athlete. Looks like he's shaken off the " White Boy Shooter" label.
Grade: 87

1. Jordan Hawkins, G UCONN

His team is still making a fun for the National Title as we speak. Jordan Hawkins might be the best off-ball guard prospect I've ever seen. He's got the prettiest shooting stroke, it's very quick and he also gets a lot of lift for a one-motion shot. It's borderline unguardable. He sprints off of screens like there's no tomorrow. He's also very good at attacking closeouts to get to the midrange area. Right now his finishing is average at best, but he's a surprisingly good athlete. I think we might legitimately be looking at another Klay Thompson level shooter. 14 might be way too low for him in hindsight.
Grade: 86

1. Brice Sensabaugh, W Ohio State

Brice has one of the best scoring bags in this draft, if not the best. Elite production and efficiency as a freshman. His game resembles a guy like DeRozen, but with a really good 3pt shot. I think his defense isn't as awful as people think. He probably guards 3's in the nba. He's very sturdy and if he puts in more effort he can be at least passable on that end. But his ability to get buckets is really impressive.
Grade: 85

1. Dereck Lively II, C Duke

Box score doesn't look very good, but his end of season for a Duke team that had won I believe 10 games in a row was awesome. He anchored the defense so well as a rim protector and shot blocker. He also does a good job keeping up when he has to guard on the perimeter and recovering at the rim. His offensive game never got put on display this season, as he had a pretty lackluster PG group. But he's a great vertical lob threat, and his jumper looks pretty comfortable and he might be able to stretch it out consistently in the nba. The success of Walker Kessler bodes well for guys like Lively.
Grade: 85

1. GG Jackson, F South Carolina

Youngest player in college basketball, he was operating this season off pure talent alone. Because of how bad the team around him was, he ended up having the freedom to do whatever he wanted. He showed a lot of really good shot creating skills, but poor shot selection. I wonder how much he'll get the ball in his hands as a rookie. He can be good without the ball as well, but we just didn't see a whole lot of that.
Grade: 85

1. Max Lewis, W Pepperdine

Max is another guy who slots in as a pretty versatile scoring wing. He started the season off blazing hot, but cooled off as the season went on as expected. His defense was pretty bad, but he has the tools to be very good, so it's more an effort thing than ability. I think he can still be picked in the lottery, preferably to a team with a real identity.
Grade: 84

1. Jalen Hood-Schafino, G Indiana

I have mixed feelings about JHS. In HS I thought he looked like a top 3 PG in the country. He has great passing vision and had good delivery as well. In college he's taken on more of a scoring role. He's an average finisher and an okay 3pt shooter, and makes a lot of his money in the midrange. But that's not the most ideal skillset for a lead guard. He's 6'6 so he's got great positional size and it would be fine to play him as a 2 guard.
Grade. 84

1. Kobe Buffkin, G Michigan

Former McDonald's All American, he's had a pretty good sophomore campaign. Very productive player. He scores really well on and off ball. Looks pretty solid as a combo guard. One thing I like is that he rebounds pretty well. We could see him as high as 12 on draft night.
Grade: 84

1. Jett Howard, W Michigan

I'm curious how he's gonna measure out at the combine. He doesn't look like the 6'8 he's listed as. His shot creating skill looks really nice and so does his jumper. He looks like what I imagined Cam Reddish was going to look like a duke. But he doesn't really guard or rebound. He does to a good job playmaking sometimes.
Grade: 84

1. Rayan Rupert, W NZ Breakers

Pretty much looks like Ousmane Dieng with longer arms. Project wing who can guard and ocasionally make plays. Probably spends most of his time in the G-League.
Grade: 83

1. Sidy Cisoko, G/W G-League Ignite

The French goin crazy this draft cycle lol. Seems pretty similar to Anthony Black IMO. Probably not as skilled as a passer but more athletic. Could end up going a lot higher or lower.

1. Dariq Whitehead, G/W Duke

I actually think there's a real chance Dariq stays another year. He's among the youngest players in college, and had a very injury riddled season, so he didn't really get to show us much of anything. If he puts his name in the draft, I think he'll go back to school unless he gets a top 15 promise. I think he's much much better than what we saw at Duke, but I do wonder if at best he's a jack of all trades, master of none.
Grade: 87

1. Julian Strawther, W Gonzaga

Strawther has been great for the Zags in his 3 years. He provides great floor spacing and a good off ball scorer. A contender who needs a floor spacer would like him a lot.
Grade: 82

1. Kris Murray, F Iowa

He's just Keegan but slightly worse at everything. Not as much of a creator either. Still good quality forward who can play on any team.
Grade: 82

1. Trayce Jackson-Davis, F/C Indiana

Bigger Brandon Clarke? TJD is also a pretty good passer. If he had a legit jumper dude probably flies all the way into the top 10. Also maybe similar to Robert Williams?
Grade: 82

1. Terquavion Smith, G NC State

Dude is a flamethrower. Definition of a microwave scorer. He's super similar to Bones Hyland in terms of build, skillset, and playstyle. Maybe more athletic tho. Would be higher if he didn't shoot 37% from the field.
Grade: 82

1. Leonard Miller, F G-League Ignite

Tall dude with real ball skills. Need I say more? He's been GLI's most consistent player. Might be worth a pick higher than a late first.
Grade: 82

1. Noah Clowney, F/C Alabama

I'm not sure what to make of Clowney. There's a lot that looks good at the college level, but I'm not sure how he translates to the nba. The way he plays, he should add a good 20lbs to be effective. If he can be a better ball handler and finisher that totally changes his outlook.
Grade: 80
Other interesting prospects
Marcus Sasser- probably gets a guarunteed contract
Colby Jones- Good role player who does a lot of everything
Andre Jackson(!!)- Love this dude and I think he has great value as an EverythingExceptScore guy. Plus he has some wild throwdowns
James Nnaji- African Jalen Duren
Keyontae Johnson- Honestly could start as a rookie
Ryan Kalkbrenner- Big dude, block shot, move good, finish good
Kyle Filipowski- good rebounder and passer. Scores like he has no range of motion
Emoni Bates- It's Emoni Bates
Oso Ighodaro- Smaller and not as good TJD

This is what happens when you have too much free time and want a game to continue forever. If I had any say, this would be how OT3 would look like. I am playing this sequel in my head. I just wanted to place this somewhere so I can get it out of my system. This would be what I would be doing if I knew how to code gaming.
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The Setting
This universe places you in a continent with one particularly important organization – the College! This college has 8 founders, heroes who have inherited the blessings of 8 gods. The college has been teaching the disciplines of the founders to all – young and old, rich and poor – for hundreds of years. They’ve even allowed 4 other disciplines to teach there! And yet, it has started to fall on hard times. So hard, in fact, that the college is now set to close. And in this college are eight people, staff and student alike, that embark on their journeys, each with their own goals. What will they find? What secrets will they unveil? What kind of ending will their stories see?
The first part of their journey, they will embark alone. However, on their journey, their paths will untie with one other traveler twice, and each time, the traveler will learn something of great importance to them! Perhaps something to improve upon their profession…

• The first and final chapters will only require the character whose story it pertains to. However, for the 2nd and 3rd chapters, it will require two travelers! And in each of those chapters, one traveler will earn…a SUBJOB!
• What are subjobs? They’re a way to specialize their primary job. It improvess their stats slightly, but more than, it allows them to transform certain skills in order to better fit a role they wish to fill! Thus, each traveler will have: a primary job, a subjob pertaining to their primary job, and a secondary job.

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The College
Though it is certainly far from the state from its heyday, there are still quite a number of people who love the college dearly. This includes the vice principal, who requests the traveler to assist in restoring the college back to its former glory. They ask them to find teachers and staff, as well as students who would want to study or even come back in order to fill its halls and rooms with life again.

• Recruiting can be done by satisfying certain requirements, using path actions, and completing quests

o Using path actions

• We are unfortunately doing away with night path actions – instead, we’re replacing them with environmental path actions!
• Just like there are four kinds of NPC interaction path actions, there are four kinds of environmental interaction path actions:

1. To Destroy (remove from path)
2. To Observe (to get information)
3. To Find (get hidden items)
4. To Gain (acquire as an item and maybe place them as decor in the college or others)

So yes, you will go on a recruiting spree. Why? This is the first and foremost way to gain secondary classes for the primary jobs – so that the travelers can enroll in them. And if you fill these teachers’ classes with students, you’ll be able to enroll more of the travelers in these classes. Why, these teachers might be able to teach you more about your subjob’s passive skills…if you meet certain requirements, of course (a la do jobs for them like when getting Licenses).
Another reason why the travelers will want to do this is so that the student store can be filled with more and more items, weapons, and anything else they might need. And of course, they’ll get a student and staff discount here. But only if they can find the right staff to man these stores and stalls.
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The Travelers
ORSEA EMERETTE THE SCHOLAR
Story

• She has finally been accepted to the college that her parents were teachers in, where her parents have stayed for years and years to finish their research. They were supposed to have completed it. Instead, they disappeared, along with their valuable lives’ work. And if she is to find answers, then the college is where she should start.
• And in the process, perhaps, find out what exactly her parents’ research involved.

Path Actions

1. Scrutinize

• Attempt to identify and glean information from someone. There’s a chance you may fail though.

1. Scrounge

• Environmental PA
• There may be something you can use hidden in this spot. You’ll need time to look for it, and someone may see you digging through their stuff…

Talent

1. Study Foe

• Reveals one weakness at the start of battle

1. Concentrate Spells

• Latent Power
• Focus spells on a single target, but with raised potency

Skills

1. Lightning Bolt

• Deal lightning damage to all foes

1. Icewind

• Deal ice damage to all foes

1. Fireball

• Deal fire damage to all foes

1. Analyze

• Reveal the HP and 1/2/3/5 weak point(s) of a single foe

1. Head Bash

• Deal a powerful staff attack on a single foe and reduce their elemental attack for 2/3/4/5 turns

1. Energy Blast

• Deal a powerful non-elemental damage to one foe

1. Study

• Raise your elemental attack for 3/5/7/9 turns

1. Alephan’s Wisdom

• Divine Skill
• Greatly boosts the intensity of a single ally’s spell 3 times

Support Skills

1. Evasive Maneuvers

• Reduces the rate of random encounters. (Equipping multiple characters with this skill will have no added effect.)

1. Elemental Augmentation

• Raises the equipping character's elemental attack by 50

1. Percipience

• Prevents the party from being surprised by foes. (Equipping this skill with multiple characters will have no added effect.)

1. Prepared Studies

• The equipped character starts the battle with raised elemental attack and defense for 2 turns

Subjobs
Strategist
Spurned on by the Warrior, the Scholar decides she doesn’t want to just stand behind and be saved. She is a woman who can stand on her own feet and can protect herself as well as anyone else can.
- Whittle their defense with your cleverness

1. Stormsurge

• Transforms Lightning Bolt
• Deal lightning damage to all foes, and grants yourself the ability to counter elemental damage with fire, lightning, or ice attacks 3/4/5/6 times, prioritizing revealed enemy weak points

1. Body Strike

• Transforms Head Bash
• Deal a powerful staff attack on a single foe and reduce their physical and elemental attack for 2/3/4/5 turns

1. Energy Wave

• Transforms Energy Blast
• Deal a powerful non-elemental damage to all foes that reduces enemy shield points regardless of their weak point

1. Scrutinize

• Transforms Analyze
• Reveal the HP, 1/2/3/all weak point(s) of a single foe and reduce their physical and elemental defense for 1/2/3/4 turn(s)

Support Skills

1. Eye for Weakness

• Increases damage dealt when striking a foe's weak point

1. Final Phase

• Grants the equipping character 1BP when breaking a foe

Researcher
The Scholar confronts her own past, remembering that she, too, once truly wanted to unlock the secrets of the world.
- Further your understanding of the world – and of magic

1. Lightning Blast

• Transforms Lightning Bolt
• Deal lightning damage to all foes 2 times

1. Blizzard

• Transforms Icewind
• Deal ice damage to all foes 2 times

1. Fire Storm

• Transforms Fireball
• Deal fire damage to all foes 2 times

1. Research

• Transforms Study
• Raise your elemental attack for 3/5/7/9 turns, greatly boosts the intensity of your spell once

Support Skills

1. Augmented Elementals

• Increases damage dealt by elemental attacks

1. Advanced Magic Master

• Raises the number of times the equipping character can use more intense spells by 1.

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CORI KEUNZICK THE WARRIOR
Story

• He is a newly recruited guard for the college. He embarks on a journey in order to find the college’s latest valedictorian who has recently gone missing along with their escort of guards, of which includes the head security – and their elder sibling.
• Though why, in the last few years, have certain valedictorians disappeared in the same way?

Path Actions

1. Challenge

• Duel and clear a path

1. Break

• Environmental PA
• Break whatever is in your path! Be it a door, a bench, a tree, a wall… There’s a chance you may fail though.

Talent

1. Learn Skills

• By defeating enemies he challenges, the Warrior can learn their skills and use them in battle!

1. Bolstering Guard

• Latent Power
• Allows the Warrior to boost his Defend action, attacking with his chosen weapon and using his physical defense and then taking a defensive position

Skills

1. Concentrated Slash

• Deal 2/3/4/5 sword attacks at one foe

1. Wide Sweep

• Deal a polearm attack to all foes

1. Abide

• Raise your physical attack for 3/5/7/9 turns

1. Stout Wall

• Raise your physical defense for 3/5/7/9 turns

1. Incite

• Draw foes’ single-target attacks to yourself for 3/5/7/9 turns

1. Level Slash

• Deal a sword attack to all foes

1. Piercing Thrust

• Deal a powerful polearm attack on one foe and have a 25%/50%/75%/100% chance to deal a critical hit

1. Brand’s Blade

• Divine Skill
• Unleash an extraordinarily powerful sword attack on a single foe

Support Skills

1. Bolstering Break

• Raises the equipping character's physical attack when breaking an enemy.

1. Summon Strength

• Raises the equipping character's physical attack by 50

1. Endure

• When the equipping character is inflicted with poison, sleep, confusion, blindness, silence, terror, or unconsciousness, their physical and elemental defenses are enhanced

1. Surpassing Power

• Increases the maximum damage that can be dealt by the equipping character to 99,999

Subjobs
Paladin
The Warrior vows to both Brand and Aelfric to protect the Cleric, taking a more defensive style in order to make sure his charge is able to make it to his destination.
- Over my dead body!

1. Concentrated Pierce

• Transforms Concentrated Slash
• Deal 2/3/4/5 polearm attacks at one foe

1. Bodyguard

• Transforms Stout Wall
• Raise your physical defense for 3/5/7/9 turns and allows yourself to take damage for one of your allies for 3/5/7/9 turns

1. Sacred Slash

• Transforms Level Slash
• Deal a sword attack and light attack to all foes, heals all allies

1. Piercing Light

• Transforms Piercing Thrust
• Deal a powerful polearm and light attack on one foe that reduces enemy shield points regardless of their weak points

Support Skills

1. Summon Defense

• Raises the equipping character's physical defense by 50

1. Cover

• The equipping character will absorb single-targeted damage for allies who are near death.

Knight
The Warrior trains himself, knowing that he cannot achieve his goal unless he strives to become stronger. He becomes the vanguard who shall not sway in face of adversity.
- The best defense is a good offense

1. Wild Slash

• Transforms Concentrated Slash
• Deal a sword attack to random foes 4/5/6/7 times

1. Dual Beat

• Transforms Wide Sweep
• Deal 2 powerful polearm attacks to all foes

1. At Arms!

• Transforms Abide
• Raise the physical attack of all allies for 2/3/4/5 turns

1. Challenging Cry

• Transforms Incite
• Draw foes’ single-target attacks to yourself for 3/5/7/9 turns and grants yourself the ability to counter physical damage with sword attacks 3/4/5/6 times. Counter attacks reduces enemy shield points regardless of their weak points.

Support Skills

1. All Out

• The equipping character deals more damage to foes but also takes more damage from foes

1. Powerful Blow

• The equipping character’s physical attacks has a small chance (10%) to reduce shield points regardless of weak points

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TALOS GRANI THE HUNTER
Story

• He wants to be the top graduating Hunter in his generation. He has it all planned out! But then the college closes down, so the only way he can place his name in history is by doing what no other Hunter has before – hunting down the legendary beasts his progenitors have, all with his trusted great wolf companion by his side.
• …And maybe the one, for some strange reason, that no one else has.

Path Actions

1. Provoke

• Duel someone with the assistance of your captured beasts. There’s a chance you may fail though.

1. Sniff Out

• Environmental PA
• There’s something hidden in that tree… Maybe your pal can sniff it out.

Talent

1. Beast Lore

• Gives him a chance to capture beastly foes and use them in combat

1. Provoke Beasts

• Latent Power
• Provoke 2/3/4/5 beasts at once

Skills

1. Arrow Rain

• Deal a bow attack a single foe 2/3/4/5 times

1. Thunderbird

• Deal lightning damage to a single foe

1. Mercy Strike

• Deal a bow attack on a single foe. Otherwise lethal attacks will instead leave the target with 1HP.

1. Sweeping Cleave

• Deal an axe attack to all foes

1. Take Aim

• Raise the critical hit rate and accuracy of all allies for 2/4/6/8 turns

1. Leghold Trap

• Cause a single foe to act at the end of the turn for 2/4/6/8 turns

1. Abating Orb

• Nullify 1/2/3/4 of a single foe’s augmenting effects

1. Draefendi’s Storm

• Divine Skill
• Deal a powerful bow attack on all foes 3-5 times

Support Skills

1. Heighten Senses

• Gain an increased chance of attacking first in battle. (Equipping multiple characters with this skill will have no added effect.)

1. Eagle Eye

• Raises the equipping character's critical rate by 50.

1. More Rare Monsters

• Raises the chances of encountering rare monsters. (Equipping multiple characters with this skill will have no added effect.)

1. Master of Offense

• Enables the equipping character to more easily land critical hits on broken foes.

Subjobs
Stalker
The Hunter learns from the Thief on how to stealthily and track his prey down without being seen – and most importantly, striking them down before they even know he is there.
- Bide your time and strike when they least expect

1. Stealth Shot

• Transforms Arrow Rain
• You gain stealth for 1 turn. At the start of the next turn, deal 2 bow attacks on a single target and reduce physical defense for 1 turn, and act again at the end of the turn.
• Stealth: You cannot be targeted by an enemy attack or skill; disappears when you deal damage

1. Capture Strike

• Transforms Mercy Strike
• Deal a powerful bow attack on a single foe and attempt to capture (if foe is capturable). Otherwise lethal attacks will instead guarantee a capture.

1. Widespread Net

• Transforms Leghold Trap
• Cause all foes to act at the end of the turn for 2/3/4/5 turn(s)

1. Subduing Trap

• Transforms Abating Orb
• Nullify 1/2/3/4 of all foes’ augmenting effects

Support Skills

1. Salt the Wound

• The equipping character has a 50% chance of acting twice when breaking a foe. This will not trigger in succession.

1. Lying In Wait

• The equipping character deals more damage the later their turn

Falconer
Realizing that he can’t truly know everything around him all at once, the Hunter befriends a powerful falcon that becomes his eyes and an extra pair of sharp talons.
- Once sighted, they can’t escape

1. Precise Shot

• Transforms Arrow Rain
• Deal a bow attack on selected targets 2/3/4/5 times

1. Thunderhawk

• Transforms Thunderbird
• Deal an axe and lightning attack on a single foe

1. Flying Axes

• Transforms Sweeping Cleave
• Deal an axe attack 2 to 4 times to all foes

1. Eyes in the Skies

• Transforms Take Aim
• Raise the critical hit rate and accuracy of all allies for 2/4/6/8 turns, the falcon has a chance to deal physical damage that reduces enemy shield points regardless of their weak points before an ally’s turn for 1/2/3/4 turn(s)

Support Skills

1. Falcon’s Eye

• Raises the equipping character’s critical damage by a further 50%

1. Friend of Beasts

• Grants a fair chance (33%) of activating Provoke twice

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OSCAR WILDLING THE THIEF
Story

• He failed to graduate last year. This year, his last chance before the college closes, he isn’t sure if he will graduate at all. But during his initiation he remembers there is one way that any student of the Thieves’ college can pass – steal an important items from three of the college’s best thieving professors. It is the only way for him to graduate.
• He can bother to find out what these ‘important items’ are along the way.

Path Actions

1. Steal

• Why buy when you can just take the items out of their hands? There’s a chance you may fail though.

1. Sneak

• Environmental PA
• There’s a door in your way? A lock pick. A wall? A bomb. A fence? Some iron cutters. You can get in anywhere with the right tools for the job.

Talent

1. Pick Lock

• Some chests can’t be opened unless you have this specific thief with you, unfortunately.

1. Leave No Trace

• Latent Power
• The Thief can act twice in a single turn

Skills

1. HP Thief

• Deal a dagger attack on a single foe 2 times, and steal HP equivalent to half the damage dealt

1. Steal

• Steal an item from a single foe

1. Icicle

• Deal ice damage to a single foe

1. Penalty Slash

• Deal a sword attack on a single foe. The more enfeebling effects the foe has, the more potent the attack.

1. Shackle Foe

• Reduce the physical attack of a single for 2/4/6/8 turns

1. Armor Corrosive

• Reduce the physical defense of a single foe for 2/4/6/8 turns

1. Hide

• Reduces the chance of being target for 2/3/4/5 turns

1. Aeber’s Reckoning

• Divine Skill
• Deal a powerful dagger attack on all foes. The greater your speed, the more potent the attack.

Support Skills

1. Ensnare

• The equipping character has a 50% chance of inflicting an attribute-reducing effect when taking physical damage

1. Fleetfoot

• Raises the equipping character's speed by 50

1. Incidental Attack

• When using a non-damaging skill on a foe, there is a 50% chance you will attack as well

1. Weak Presence

• Reduces the chance of being target by single-target skills

Subjobs
Rogue
Dealing with a group of powerful beasts, the Merchant teaches the Thief that the best thieves in all of history used all of their resources to the fullest, from their blade to their own tools.
- Your enemies will wish they were dead instead

1. Vitality Siphon

• Transforms HP Thief
• Deal a dagger attack on a single foe 2 times, steal HP equivalent to 25% of damage dealt and SP 2.5% of damage dealt

1. Frost Bomb

• Transforms Icicle
• Deal powerful ice damage to a single foe and afflicts frostbite for 2 turns
• Frostbite: Deal ice damage every turn

1. Poisonous Slash

• Transforms Penalty Slash
• You gain poisonous for 3 turns and deal a sword attack on a single foe. The more enfeebling effects the foe has, the more potent the attack.
• Poisonous: Your attacks will afflict poison for 1 turn (proc per attack)

1. Sensitizing Acid

• Transforms Armor Corrosive
• Reduce the physical and elemental defense of a single foe for 2/4/6/8 turns

Support Skills

1. Polished Weapon

• Physical attacks have a 10% chance of inflicting one random attribute-reducing effects for one turn

1. Insult to Injury

• Status ailments and attribute penalties inflicted by the equipping character will last for one additional turn

Outlaw
The Thief meets a band of outlaws with a very specific creed – steal from the rich and give to the poor! Perhaps he can learn a thing or two from them in order to better himself in his craft.
- A true thief makes sure he gets out alive

1. Daggerplay

• Transforms HP Thief
• Deal a dagger attack on selected foes 2/3/4/5 times, steal HP equivalent to 33% of damage dealt

1. Mug

• Transforms Steal
• Deal a dagger and sword attack and steal an item from a single foe

1. Bind and Blind

• Transforms Shackle Foe
• Reduce the physical attack of a single for for 2/4/6/8 turns and blind them for 3 turns

1. Camouflage

• Transforms Hide
• Gain stealth for 2/3/4/5 turns, your next attack is a guaranteed critical hit
• Stealth: You cannot be targeted by an enemy attack or skill; disappears when you deal damage

Support Skills

1. Steal from the Rich

• The equipping character will receive double the loot when using steal or collect skills

1. Give to the Poor

• When receiving positive effects (either used by himself or other allies), has a fair chance (33%) of also sharing it to another random ally.
• Includes restoring HP, SP, BP, and LP, as well as attribute raising effects and good status effects

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PRECIOUS "PRESSY" SOLFLORA THE DANCER
Story

• It has always been her dream to teach at the college, to inspire students and audience alike. She never imagined that she would have to stop only after one year. But at the very least, she could make it so that her first and last group of students would all be able to graduate. She especially wants to help the truant ones, even if she must go find and convince them to come back herself.
• But there has to be a reason why they decided to become truant in the first place, no?

Path Actions

1. Allure

• Attempt to have a person follow you using your feminine wiles. There’s a chance you may fail though.

1. Entice

• Environmental PA
• You really want that pot. It would look nice in your classroom. Perhaps you can try to entice the owner into letting you have it…

Talent

1. Dance Session

• If any townspersons are active through Allure or Hire, there’s a chance to grant an additional effect

1. All Together Now

• Latent Power
• Spread single target skills to all targets. This does not affect divine skills or self-usage skills.

Skills

1. Lion Dance

• Raise the physical attack of a single ally for 2/4/6/8 turns

1. Fiery Step

• Deal fire damage to a single foe

1. Peacock Strut

• Raise the elemental attack of a single ally for 2/4/6/8 turns

1. Panther Dance

• Raise the speed of a single ally for 2/4/6/8 turns

1. Dagger Dance

• Deal a dagger attack on all foes

1. Encourage

• Reduces the cost of a single ally’s next skill by 20/40/60/80%

1. Bewildering Grace

• Cause a curious effect to occur 1/2/3/4 time(s)

1. Sealticge’s Seduction

• Divine Skill
• Extend the reach of a single ally's skills to all for 3 turns. This does not affect divine skills or skills that only affect the user.

Support Skills

1. The Show Goes On

• Extends the duration of augmenting effects granted by the equipping character by 1 turn

1. Ever Evasive

• Enables the equipping character to more easily evade enemy attacks

1. Hard Worker

• Receive additional JP after battles. (Equipping multiple characters with this skill will have no added effect.)

1. Second Wind

• Recover a certain amount of SP each turn

Subjobs
Freestylist
The Dancer has decided to assist in the Hunter’s hunt by taking place of the priestess who would have blessed his journey, not only mastering the ritualistic steps of the tribe to wish for a fruitful hunt but also hoping to encourage by being by his side.
- The best kind of dances are the ones where you let your inhibitions go

1. Wild Dance

• Transforms Lion Dance
• Raise the physical attack, critical rate, and critical damage of a single ally for 2/4/6/8 turns

1. Furious Kick

• Transforms Fiery Step
• Deal powerful fire damage on a single foe and reduce their Shield Points regardless of their weak points.

1. Wildcat Gambol

• Transforms Panther Dance
• Raise the speed, accuracy, and evasion of a single ally for 2/4/6/8 turns

1. Blade Waltz

• Transforms Dagger Dance
• Deal a dagger attack on all foes 3 to 5 times

Support Skills

1. Dangerous Moves

• Grants the equipping character the ability to counter with a standard attack when successfully evading attacks

1. Free Spirit

• The equipped character ignores foes attribute-raising effects

Idealist
Faced with the cold reality that belongs to the downtrodden, the Dancer steels her conviction to raise their spirits. After all, she wanted to become a teacher and a dancer to inspire everyone to keep their hopes and dreams alive.
- I will keep dancing to lift everyone’s spirits – both theirs and mine

1. Proud Step

• Transforms Lion Dance
• Drastically raise the physical attack of a single ally for 2/4/6/8 turn(s)

1. Birdsong Sway

• Transforms Peacock Strut
• Drastically raise the elemental attack of a single ally for 2/4/6/8 turn(s)

1. Inspire

• Transforms Encourage
• Reduces the cost of a single ally’s next skill by 20/40/60/80% and passes on your boost level for their next turn
• If you use 3BP on this skill on another character, the character is able to act as if they boosted three times without using any BP

1. Awe-inspiring Elegance

• Transforms Bewildering Grace
• Cause a positive effect to occur 1/2/3/4 times

Support Skills

1. Invigorate and Inspire

• Slightly fills the target’s latent power gauge when the equipping character grants them an augmenting effect

1. Sincere Encouragement

• Grants the equipping character a moderate chance (50%) of restoring 1BP to target ally when augmenting attributes

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ARCHIBALD D'LONNE THE APOTHECARY
Story

• A tenured teacher of the college who has spent years upon years experimenting in order to create a cure for a strange and mysterious disease that has afflicted the continent for years. And when, at very last, he was about to unveil his findings, his lab is ransacked – along with his research. But fret not, for all the information is locked away in his head. All he needs is to collect the ingredients!
• But for what reason could anyone have to stop him?

Path Actions

1. Inquire

• He can glean information off of others by…simply asking. How nice.

1. Inspect

• Environmental PA
• In order to find out more about this sign – which may have an important clue – he’ll need to get his hands on it… People won’t like it when you put your grubby mitts on their stuff, though.

Talent

1. Concoct

• Using a combination of herbs and ingredients to create a variety of restoring and hazardous effects

1. Maximize Results

• Latent Power
• Use Concoct with double efficiency

Skills

1. First Aid

• Restore HP a single ally

1. Darkest Night

• Deal dark damage to a single foe

1. Rehabilitate

• Cure a single ally of all status ailments, and render them immune to further ailments for 2/4/6/8 turns

1. Amputate

• Deal a powerful axe attack to a single foe

1. Poisonous Brew

• Deal a non-elemental damage to a single foe and poison them for 2 turns

1. Replenish Health

• For 3/5/7/9 turns, grant HP to a single ally after they perform an action

1. Mysterious Liquid

• Afflicts a single foe with 1/2/3/4 random negative effect(s) for 2 turns

1. Dohter’s Charity

• Divine Skill
• Extends the reach of a single ally’s items to effect all for 3 turns

Support Skills

1. Resist Ailments

• Improves resistance to poison, sleep, confusion, blindness, silence, terror, and unconsciousness

1. Hale and Hearty

• Increases maximum HP by 500

1. Inspiriting Break

• Restores the equipping character's SP when breaking a foe.

1. Preventative Measures

• Grants the equipping character immunity to enfeebling effects for 3 turns at the start of battle

Scientist
The Apothecary fondly remembers his time with the Scholar’s parents, spending late nights talking about their experiments and their research. After all, if he is to be the best he can be, he needs to know intimately both his ingredients and his patients.
- Now what kind of side-effects will this have, I wonder…?

1. Healing Potion

• Transforms First Aid
• Restore HP to a single ally and grant them an attribute-raising effect at random

1. Dark Tonic

• Transforms Darkest Night
• Deal dark damage 3 to 6 times to random enemies

1. Dissection

• Transforms Amputate
• Deals a powerful axe attack to a single foe, and afflicts them with Weak for 2 times
• Weak: The next physical attack will reduce their shield points regardless of their weak point

1. Poisonous Cloud

• Transforms Poisonous Brew
• Deal non-elemental damage to all foes and poison them for 2 turns

Support Skills

1. Experimental Tools

• Grants the equipping character’s standard attacks with a 10% chance of afflicting one random status ailment for one turn

1. Soulstone Expert

• For the equipping character, soulstones will instead be focused on a single foe at increased intensity

Doctor
What is an apothecary if not a doctor? That is what the Apothecary has decided after seeing what illness can drive even the most well-meaning of people to.
- Come now, not even death will take you while I’m here.

1. Healing Touch

• Transforms First Aid
• Restore HP or revive a single ally

1. All Cure

• Transforms Rehabilitate
• Cures all allies of all status ailments, and render them immune to further ailments for 2/4/6/8 turns

1. Protect Health

• Transforms Replenish Health
• For 3/5/7/9 turns, grant HP to a single ally after they perform an action, and grant them an effect that leaves them with 1 HP when hit with an otherwise lethal attack. This effect will disappear once triggered, or after 3/5/7/9 turns.

1. Mysterious Elixir

• Transforms Mysterious Liquid
• Gives a single ally 2/3/4/5 random positive effects

Support Skills

1. In House

• When equipped, negative status ailments on ally character will dissipate twice as quickly

1. Prophylactic Planning

• Grants the equipping character’s single-target skills the ability to be heal above allies’ maximum HP.

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TYRIE ELKE THE CLERIC
Story

• A middling student of the Cleric course. She is unsure if she has what it takes to graduate, so she sets forth on a journey, following the path of the first Cleric’s pilgrimage to find out what it truly means to be a cleric and one who follows the flame.
• She wonders if she will find out what the first Cleric meant to do during their journey.

Path Actions

1. Entreat

• If you ask nicely, you won’t need to buy it.

1. Observe

• Environmental PA
• If you take your time, you can learn about an object just by observing it

Talent

1. Clutch Heal

• Improves effectiveness of heals when healing allies below 50% health

1. Burning the Midnight Candle

• Latent Power
• Activate a skill twice

Skills

1. Heal Wounds

• Restore HP to all allies

1. Holy Light

• Deal light damage to a single foe

1. Luminescence

• Deal light damage to all foes

1. Prayer to the Flame

• Raise the elemental defense of a single ally for 2/3/4/5 turns

1. Reflective Veil

• Grant a single ally the ability to reflect 1/2/3/4 elemental attack(s)

1. Inner Solace

• Restore SP to yourself

1. Revive

• Revive all allies

1. Aelfric’s Blessing

• Divine Skill
• Grant a single ally the ability to act again at the end of a turn for 3 turns. Only one additional action can be taken per turn.

Support Skills

1. Resilience

• Raises the amount of HP restored to the equipping character when healed

1. Inner Strength

• Raises the equipping character's max SP by 50.

1. Evil Ward

• Increases the party's success rate when attempting to flee. (Equipping multiple characters with this skill will have no added effect.)

1. Persistence

• All status enhancements you receive will last for one additional turn

Subjobs
Priest
In a village that continues to struggle everyday in order to survive, the Cleric is helped by the Dancer to pass the rites not only for the deceased but also so that the living can continue on.
- Being left behind is painful, but the pain will only make you stronger

1. Healing Rites

• Transforms Heal Wounds
• Restore HP to all allies and grant HP regeneration for 1/2/3/4 turn(s)

1. Setting Light

• Transforms Holy Light
• Deal powerful dark damage to a single foe with a 25% chance to afflict sleep for 3 turns

1. Rainbow Veil

• Transforms Reflective Veil
• Grant a single ally the ability to reflect 1/2/3/4 physical or elemental attack(s) but take 50% of damage

1. Spiritual Recalling

• Transforms Revive
• Revive all allies, deal powerful light damage to all foes that increases depending how many allies are revived (hits 1/2/3/4 time(s) depending on how many allies are revied), then reduce your HP to 1

Support Skills

1. Rise Again

• The equipping character will recover with 25% of their max HP once per battle upon being incapacitated

1. In Need

• Allows the equipping character to act first in the next turn when an ally is incapacitated

Preacher
The Cleric reminisces about what made her want to become a woman of faith in the first place, finding comfort and confidence in the stories told by the local cleric.
- Words can heal the soul, you know

1. Heartfelt Story

• Transforms Heal Wounds
• Restore HP to all allies and removes 1/2/3/all enfeebling effects

1. Shining Refrain

• Transforms Luminiscence
• Deal light damage to all foes twice

1. Parable of the Flame

• Transforms Prayer to the Flame
• Raise the physical and elemental defense of single ally for 2/4/6/8 turns

1. Comforting Tale

• Transforms Inner Solace
• Restores SP to a single ally

Support Skills

1. Purification

• Attribute-reducing effects on the equipping character will dissipate twice as quickly

1. Word of God

• Grants the equipping character a chance (25%) of restoring 1BP to target ally(ies) when healing

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HENRIETTA BELLATRIX THE MERCHANT
Story

• One of the staff of the college that heads and cares for the student store, among other things. She despairs about the college closing down and vows to find sponsors in order to let students hailing from around the continent to walk its hallowed halls.
• Although, she does wonder…if not to the college itself, where /did/ all its profits go?

Path Actions

1. Hire

• Hire someone to follow and protect you in exchange for money

1. Purchase

• Environmental PA
• That’s a nice pot. Maybe you can buy it off whoever owns it.

Talent

1. Business Partners

• Hired townspeople will give additional effects when it comes to buying and selling

1. Come One and All!

• Latent Power
• Fully replenishes BP to max

Skills

1. Collect

• Collect money from a single foe

1. Arrow of Fortune

• Deal a powerful bow attack on a single foe and receive JP. The more damage you deal, the more JP you receive.

1. Rest

• Restore your own HP and SP, and cure status ailments

1. Sweeping Gale

• Deal wind damage to a single foe

1. Donate BP

• Grant 1/2/3/4 BP to a single ally

1. Item Expertise

• Use an item with a 25/50/75%/guaranteed chance of not using it up
• Is not affected by Dohter’s Charity

1. Hired Help

• Pay money to summon hired help to the battlefield

1. Bifelgan’s Bounty

• Divine Skill
• Deal non-elemental damage to a single foe and receive money equivalent to the damage dealt.

Support Skills

1. Grows on Trees

• Receive additional money after battles. (Equipping multiple characters with this skill will have no added effect.)

1. I Have Money!

• Allows the equipping character to bribe foes to flee the battle

1. Eye for Money

• Automatically picks up random sums of money when travelling. (Equipping multiple characters with this skill will have no added effect.)

1. Boost Start

• Grants the equipping character 1 BP at the start of battle

Subjobs
Distributor
Faced with the concepts of an increasingly high demand and very scarce supply, she enlists the help of the Apothecary to form succinct and robust lines, believing if that one woman can’t do it alone, then a network of men and women could sure do better.

1. Amass

• Transforms Collect
• Collect money from all foes

1. Rain of Fortune

• Transforms Arrow of Fortune
• Spend money to deal damage on a single foe equal to 10% of money spent and receive JP 1% of money spent.

1. Item Mastery

• Transforms Item Expertise
• Use an item at double the efficiency with a 25/50/75%/guaranteed chance of not using it up
• Is not affected by Dohter’s Charity

1. Hire More Help

• Transforms Hired Help
• Pay money to summon an expanded selection of hired help to the battlefield

Support Skills

1. High in Demand

• Increases item drop rate when defeating foes

1. Lucky Supply

• Occasionally gains 1 BP at the end of the turn

Trader
How is the Merchant supposed to, well, merchant when his customers don’t have money to spend? Why, then you trade, of course!

1. Haggle

• Transforms Collect
• Attempt to collect more money from a single foe

1. Trade Winds

• Transforms Sweeping Gale
• Deal powerful wind damage to a single foe

1. Productive Rest

• Transforms Rest
• Restore your own HP and SP, gain 1 BP, and cure status ailments, and guarantees your next attack is a critical hit

1. Donate More BP

• Transforms Donate BP
• Grant 1/2/3/4 BP to a single ally, and allow a single ally to gain 2 BP per turn for 2 turns

Support Skills

1. Mine for Yours

• Occasionally allows the equipped character to counter physical attacks with a standard attack

1. Under Pressure

• Grants the equipping character 2 BP when near death

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Crossing Paths
What kind of story would this be if there weren’t more ways for the travelers to interact? There are four stories here, still concerning two travelers each, but the rewards they gain will be all the more important for not only their resolve but also their growth (aka this is how they get their second subjob).
The Warrior (Knight) and the Hunter (Falconer) and The Mysterious Man

• The Warrior and the Hunter are fighters. They are vanguards who are always in the fray – and they need to hon their skills they wish to see their journeys to the end. Perhaps they can learn from this strange man who carries around an even stranger sword…?

The Thief (Outlaw) and the Apothecary (Doctor) and The Band of Merry Men

• The Apothecary knows of this Thief. He has had to help his wounds quite a bit, so he is a little…protective of him. As such when the Thief finds a band of supposedly good thieves, he decides that maybe he should make sure nothing…unfortunate were to happen to him. Who knows? Maybe they’ll prove him wrong.

The Cleric (Orator) and the Scholar (Researcher) and The Memories of the Past

• These two young minds are actually childhood friends. Who knew? And perhaps their journeys will take them back to their homes, where they can reminisce about the memories and decisions that brought them to where they are today.

The Merchant (Trader) and the Dancer (Idealist) and The Reason for Living

• Although they deal with different matters, these Merchant and the Dancer both make a lighthearted challenge on who can make people’s lives better. With merchandise? With arts? Why not both? Facing against the thing called ‘unhappiness’, maybe they can learn a thing or two about raising the spirits of others.

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ENDING NOTES
Advanced Jobs are in comments.
Yeah, this game lives rent-free in my head. Feel free to roast me. Or tell me how you can break/cheese the game. Assuming most if not all items from the previous game (s) were available, what combos would you do? Is it balanced? Is it not?
Also, as for one of their names... I know what I did, and I stand by it.

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Updated on 2023-03-26 at 07:49 PM

Fairy is Holly Robinson Peete! Let's discuss how the clue packages related to her.

• First clue package:
  • “Making my debut on Sesame Street night makes me feel right at home. Because I grew up on these streets.” = her first television appearance was on a 1969 episode of Sesame Street.
  • Holly in vase = her name is Holly.
  • Feather duster = she had a recurring role on sitcom American Housewife.
  • “Some might say I’m a bit of a nepo-fairy, I mean, while other kids had allowances, I made my pocket money charging the neighborhood kids to come over and see my dad….” = her father was the original Gordon on Sesame Street.
  • “...just hanging out at home.” = she starred in 90s sitcom Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper.
  • Police badge with ‘966’ on it = she starred as Judy Hoffs on 80s television series 21 Jump Street → 9+6+6=21.
  • Black panther = her husband used to play for the Carolina Panthers.
  • Photo frames with Sean Penn, Emilio Estevez, and Rob Lowe / “I definitely could have taken a more direct route to fame, like some of the friends that I grew up with.” = all four of them graduated from Santa Monica High School a few years apart.
  • Basketball = she starred in 90s sitcom Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper, which centered around basketball.
  • “...I chose a more divergent path, prioritizing my education and traveling the world.” = she graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1986 with a degree in psychology and French, studying abroad for a year at the Sorbonne, France.
  • Christmas tree = she has appeared in multiple Christmas TV movies, including the Christmas in Evergreen series.
  • Rubber duck = she contributed songs to the Howard the Duck soundtrack.
  • “I got to pursue two of my loves: Singing and acting.” = she is an actress and singer.
  • “Now it’s time for me to sing a song from my favorite Sesame Street resident, because while he may be grumpy, he’s an old friend.” = her father was the original Gordon on Sesame Street / her first television appearance was on a 1969 episode of Sesame Street.
• Second clue package:
  • “Linda [Ronstadt] is dear friend…. She’s been rooting for me since I was 13.”
  • “You see, music is a huge part of my life….” = she is a singer.
  • Christmas tree = she has appeared in multiple Christmas TV movies, including the Christmas in Evergreen series.
  • Black panther = her husband used to play for the Carolina Panthers.
  • Basketball = she starred in 90s sitcom Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper, which centered around basketball.
  • Rubber duck = she contributed songs to the Howard the Duck soundtrack.
  • Police badge with ‘966’ on it = she starred as Judy Hoffs on 80s television series 21 Jump Street → 9+6+6=21.
  • California rolls = her family moved to California when she was a child.
  • Fairy’s tales book with blue ribbon = her children's book, My Brother Charlie, won her an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work and the Dolly Gray Children's Literature Award / and her book Get Your Own Damn Beer, I'm Watching the Game!: A Woman's Guide to Loving Pro Football won her the Quills Award in Sports.
• Special clues:
  • Twitter Clues:
    • Feather duster = she had a recurring role on sitcom American Housewife.
    • Rubber duck = she contributed songs to the Howard the Duck soundtrack.
    • Black panther = her husband used to play for the Carolina Panthers.
    • Basketball = she starred in 90s sitcom Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper, which centered around basketball.
  • First performance:
    • “You’re No Good” by Linda Ronstadt
    • Clue (from Cookie Monster) → Paper plate with ‘Endless Love’ on it = she played Diana Ross on 1992 miniseries The Jacksons: An American Dream.
  • Second performance:
    • “Angel from Montgomery” by Bonnie Raitt
    • Clue (from Bill Engvall) → Blackjack (21) / “I know something about winning. And with this hand, I could really take you to school.” = she starred as Judy Hoffs on 80s television series 21 Jump Street, which focused on undercover police officers investigating crimes in high schools, colleges, and other teenage venues.

Here is my ongoing accolades tally. It's still a work in progress, and I'm open to improvement suggestions!
What did I miss?

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Demographics

• Gender: Male
• Race/Ethnicity: Vietnamese
• Residence: so-cal (LA)
• Income Bracket: Middle
• Type of School: Really big public
• Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): None

Intended Major(s): Pub Policy/Econ
Academics

• GPA (UW/W): 3.84 UW 4.3 W
• Rank (or percentile): School doesnt rank but probably top 15 percent
• # of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: 11
• Senior Year Course Load: ap stats, ap lit, ap macro/gov, ap bio

Standardized Testing
List the highest scores earned and all scores that were reported.

• SAT I: 1560 (800 M, 760 R)

Extracurriculars/Activities
List all extracurricular involvements, including leadership roles, time commitments, major achievements, etc.

1. #1 ranked nationally in a business/policy related academically competitive event with 15,000+ competitors related to public speaking / entrepreneurship
2. conducted independent research under a phd mentor on mergers and acquisitions, publication in a journal (these things honestly accept most papers), 20 pages long and presented at a state wide symposium
3. intern at attorneys legal council for my region - didnt do much but helped with filing, got to join some cool meetings with lawyers, worked with school board to talk through ideas and just got to experience life in a legal office setting which was nice
4. 10 percent acceptance rate summer program for economics at penn, so so so costly but it was a fantastic experience and met a lot of like minded people
5. president of a local organization that taught financial literacy to low income children in my region, close to 50 students and got a lot of positive reviews
6. designed curriculum for a year long economics program targeted towards disenfranchised regions for students to learn basics of investing on a weekly basis, 60 elementary-middle schoolers attended
7. published in an international philosophy journal tied to the university of toronto, wrote a paper about particularism
8. president of schools economics and finance club for 3 years - largest club in the school and helped partner with other chapters to register for a lot of competitions, guest speakers, and events
9. summer community college courses on econ related subjects with specialization
10. president of key club

Awards/Honors
List all awards and honors submitted on your application.
1: 6x national championships in different competitions related to ec 1, i split this into 2 awards

1. published research in a peer reviewed journal
   
2. winner of international philosophy competition with a stipend and publication, same as ec 3
   
3. national merit commended
   
4. ap scholar w distinction
   

Letters of Recommendation
english: 9.5/10 - i read it and it was really really good! talked a lot about specific things i did and seemed to have a good relationship with him
gov teacher: 8/10 - i talked a lot in his class but he seemed to like me a decent amount, still was probably pretty generic
Interviews
N/A
Essays
9/10 for all - i do love writing so i hope this was one of the better parts of my application
Decisions (indicate ED/EA/REA/SCEA/RD)
Acceptances:

• ucsd
• uc irvine
• uc davis
• purdue
• umich
• northwestern??
• columbia (likely letter) !!! WHAT
• ucla!!!

Waitlists:

• *ucsb

Rejections:

• harvard rea

waiting on the ivies and berkeley

I met a guy in college and ran one lap with him. He asked my name and I told him. He was hitting on me but I said no. Anyway, I was going through my emails a day later and he sent me a schedule of when we “WILL” run together. I was shocked because to find my email in the college email system, he had to have gone through everyone who has my first name in the system.
He would watch me so intensely whenever I ran or shot basketballs at the Rec center. It was so intense, people actually noticed and told me. He would “hide” behind equipment and stare. That part was a little funny to me at least. His “hiding” was terrible haha! He kept hitting on me in person and wouldn’t take no for an answer. He grabbed me by the arm forcefully on one occasion and another, said that he was my boyfriend (obviously not).
It’s funny because I told my best friend and she didn’t think anything of it. But one day, my best friend (we went to the same college) texts me and says come to the dining hall. I did. There was another girl. I found out this guy had a RESTRAINING order placed against him by the ENTIRE girls soccer team. The restraining order was because he would use the same tactics against them. There is more that happened but I’ll stop it there.

Hello everyone I desperately need advice, I have a very long job gap
Ask: how to secure a new role
Background: school plus experience
Internships: best names including Morgan, Goldman etc
College: graduated in finance top B school with honors. Later managed to get CPA many years later. CFA charter holder.
Experience: first job largest pharma, second job top 5 investment banks, 3rd job best global investment bank.
Total experience: 15 years
Death: sabbatical to take care of a sick parent. Lasted several years. Parent passed away
Savings: survived on savings for several years as caregiver for parent
After death of parent: worked last two years as a consultant while living caring for the alive parent
Volunteer work: volunteered animal shelter for 6 plus years except Covid peak 16 months
Courses: more than 3 dozen refresher courses with certification that are useless (LinkedIn)
My parent is old. Career has taken a nose dive. My health has deteriorated from extreme physically fit to being overweight again. (Lost 75 pounds intentionally as a challenge)
With the latest developments, finance technology accounting, I am well read and keep up to date. With my extreme anxiety I tend to ace interviews however name any sort of anxiety and I have it.
Last role: M&A Investments controller. That was 6 years ago.
How do I get back into the work force. How do I approach the job gap? Ideas? Last two years consulting work with big names BUT NONE OF MY EX COLLEAGUES know that I have been struggling with death, adhd, anxiety, depression due to death of parent and absolutely no motivation.
Looking for some advice on how to retain my seniority. I’m youngish in late 30s. Feel like mid life is hitting me hard. If I disclose job gap, I’m screwed. If I don’t disclose then I lie and risk my integrity. I can’t sleep at night

Demographics

• Gender: Male
• Race/Ethnicity: White
• Residence: New England
• Income Bracket: 250k+
• Type of School: Private/Boarding
• Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): None

Intended Major(s): Computer Science, Economics, Chinese
Academics

• GPA: 3.6 UW, N/A W
• Rank (or percentile): N/A
• # of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: 11 APs
• Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs

Standardized Testing
List the highest scores earned and all scores that were reported.

• SAT I: 1500 (770 RW, 730 M)
• AP/IB: 5 on LANG, 5 on CSA, 4 on Phys1

Extracurriculars/Activities
List all extracurricular involvements, including leadership roles, time commitments, major achievements, etc.

1. #1 Co-founded cybersecurity competition that was sponsored by F100 tech companies, 25k+ in prizes, 5000+ participants
2. #2 SWE internship at F500 SaaS company
3. #3 Played for CTF team (hacking/cybersecurity competition team), was ranked #1/30000+ atp
4. #4 SWE internship at local defense startup
5. #5 Played varsity squash/sailing for school
6. #6 School newspaper co-editor
7. #7 School literature magazine co-editor
8. #8 Did semi-competitive cybersecurity summer program
9. #9 Restarted school's programming club
10. #10 Was fundraising volunteer for local tech education nonprofit

Awards/Honors
List all awards and honors submitted on your application.

1. #1 Temporarily ranked #1 worldwide on biggest CTF ranking website
2. #2 Placed very well in a well-known national cybersecurity competition
3. #3 Won school awards for MVP & most-improved in two sports listed above
4. #4 Won an international essay competition (nothing really prestigious though)
5. #5 Did very well in a fairly-well known national hackathon

Letters of Recommendation
Had them done by my CS teacher and my foreign language teacher. I think they're pretty good, but have no way of really knowing.
Interviews
Middlebury - Was the interviewer's first one ever, and was mine as well. 6/10.
Essays
Common App essay was good, spent a ton of time on it. I went through 4-6 revisions for each individual school's essay as well and had everything looked at by a counselor, teachers, and a friend who is a college literature prof. All thought they were good.
Decisions (indicate ED/EA/REA/SCEA/RD)
Acceptances:

• Colby College
• Colorado College
• Colgate Univ.
• Northeastern EA
• Macalester College
• Univ. of Vermont EA
• Wesleyan Univ.
• Lafayette College
  
• Waitlists:
  
• Hamilton College
  
• UMass Amherst
  
• UCSD
  

Rejections:

• Middlebury College ED
• Bowdoin College
• Amherst College
• Williams College
• Swarthmore College

This is just based on my opinions and is my first time doing it so this might be highly inaccurate. Take all of this info with a grain of salt:
(Disclaimer: It’s ok if you have a different perspective than mine. I’m interested in seeing your own predictions. Please be respectful )
Mid 2020s
-The Covid period (2020-early 2022) will be seen as outdated, specially if TikTok gets banned. If TikTok gets banned, I imagine two scenarios: A big migration of content to other platforms. YouTube already have the shorts and Instagram the reels, so there will be more presence of TikTok creators on these other platforms. The other scenario is that a new social media platform might rise and become the dominant for the next years. I see both scenarios happening together, and the first might be more plausible to happen but who knows.

• I see teen culture to be directing more towards Late Z and early Zalphas than Core Z. I see the early 2020s (and maybe 2018 and 2019 too, but many people associate them more with Early Z) to be more associated with Core Z teen culture while mid to late 2020s more associated with Late Z and Zalphas. Is uncertain what the new trends will be or look.

-The dominant aesthetic for the past 10 years has been the Flat Design. The former ones like Frutiger Aero (spanning roughly from 2004 to 2013), the Y2K (spanning roughly from 1997 to 2004) and Memphis design (from around the mid 80s to 1997) seems to have a lifespan from around 7 to 13 years. Following this, is very possible the next change will happen sometime in the mid 2020s, or in the late 2020s at the latest.
-Animated movies has seen a trend lately. Since Spider-Man Into the Spiderverse from 2018, this 2D/3D mix seems to be gaining in popularity. The next Ninja Turtles which will be premiering in August of this year is using the style, a Garfield movie which will come next year is probably using it too, and even Disney will premiere a movie with this traditional/CG animations hybrid on November. Puss In Boots: The Last Wish was a hit, so many people revisited the first movie, and many stated how the hyper realistic design of the protagonists looks ugly for them. I think this hyper realistic/ Pixar esque style, while not disappearing, I see many studios like Sony and DreamWorks approaching more this 2D/3D mix and more people disliking more the hyper resalí tic 3D animation as the decade progresses.
-PS5 and Xbox series X sales has seen an increase in the past quarter. The pandemic has greatly stagnated their sales. But, by the mid 2020s I see them becoming much more dominant. Also, I expect Nintendo a new successor around this time, but is still uncertain.
-AI will become more and more mainstream at a higher rate. I see more of this GPT chats kind of stuff coming out. Probably not that different from now , but it will be more and more known.
Late 2020s
-AI, just like internet in the late 90s, will grew in popularity and influence. It wouldn’t be crazy for me if it started be used more in schools as a tool. Maybe in jobs too. I see it being as a form to help artist to make proportions and ideas (I hope it doesn’t end up substituting them), or also to maybe help architects to make their sketches and concepts (I’m not sure if it’s already a thing)
-More and More 2010s nostalgia on the rise. Many kids born in the 2010s will be discussing about who remember the Precovid life more, using this as a marker of gatekeep.Memes about how kids born before 2013 are 2010s kids and “the last of the elite” and kids born after 2013 are Cocomelon kids and don’t remember a time before the pandemic or something like that lol
-By the late 2020s, teens will mostly be early to mid 2010s borns. Around 2026/27 any Core Z teen culture that maybe was left after 2023 will be completely gone. I think late Z and Zalpha teen culture will be peaking around 2025/26 to 2029 (and early 2030s being more zalpha/early alpha).

Miami 88 @ 81 Texas - FINAL

NCAA Basketball

^{Index Thread for March 26, 2023}
Miami #5 Miami (29-7) @ Texas #2 Texas (29-9)
Tip-Off: 05:10 PM ET
Venue: T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, MO
Spread: TEX -3.5 O/U: 147.5
Game Info: ESPN
Television: CBS
Streams: CBS
Recent Plays:

Time	Miami	Texas	Play
0:00	88	81	End of Game
0:05	88	81	Wooga Poplar made Free Throw.
0:05	87	81	Miami Deadball Team Rebound.
0:05	87	81	Wooga Poplar missed Free Throw.
0:05	87	81	Foul on Tyrese Hunter.

Team	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	OR	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF
Miami	59.2	25.0	87.5	23	4	11	9	1	12	14
Texas	50.0	40.0	73.3	25	9	20	6	1	14	23

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