14 Chapter 14 (2/2)
”Probably a good choice.” Oh, the pixie was being smug now.
”Thanks, I thought so.” James, looked back at his dickens, and with his newfound knowledge, made his own changes. He decided it was alright for his mob to have the chance to drop up to 3 items, leaving that to RNG. He figured one of those items would almost always be a single copper coin. The next, either a feather or meat. Those made sense. His main adjustment for his dicken, was the amount of each item that could be dropped. After all, it wouldn't make sense for a single dicken to drop more than one dicken meat.
”How's that look?” He asked Rue once he finished his changes, directing her towards the screen. Dicken - 3
Copper Coin 1-1
Demonic Feather (common) 1-4
Dicken meat – raw (common) 1-1
Dicken Egg – (uncommon) 1-1
Dicken Talon – (uncommon) 1-2
He had limited his meat and eggs to a single drop per kill. Changed his talons to two, figuring one from each leg made sense, and then increased his feathers to 4. Because feathers were usually needed for arrows, which usually took 3, he decided he would make that drop have the highest amount possible to be dropped.
”See, I knew you could do a better job.” Rue laughed as she flew off his orb, hovering lazily in the air. ”Now, do the rest of them.”
”I will.” James wouldn't tell Rue, but he really liked the mental aspect of choosing how to assign loot. Something about the control and power it gave him, plus the mental task itself, just felt rewarding when he finished a mob's loot assignment. Thirty minutes of additional work, the clock now under 10 hours, saw him looking at his boss mob's loot table.
Old Man Jenkins – 3
Copper Coin 1-10
Cooked Dicken (common) 1-3
Lamb's wool (common) 1-3
Swiner Hide (common) 1-3
Goat's Milk (common) 1-3
Mad Cow Jerky (uncommon) 1-3
Moonshine (uncommon) 1-3
Demonic Farmer's Boots (Demonic Farmer Set Piece) (Unique) 1-3
Demonic Farmer's Gloves (Demonic Farmer Set Piece) (Unique) 1-3
Demonic Farmer's Pitchfork (Demonic Farmer Set Piece) (Unique) 1-3
Demonic Farmer's Overalls (Demonic Farmer Set Piece) (Unique) 1-3
Demonic Farmer's flannel shirt (Demonic Farmer Set Piece) (Unique) 1-3
Corn Cob Pipe (Demonic Farmer Set Piece) (Unique) 1-3
Straw Hat (Demonic Farmer Set Piece) (Unique) 1-3
”Ugh.” James immediately hated himself for blanket assigning numbers to his loot earlier. He had done it so quick, he hadn't taken time to actually inspect what his boss mob had as loot. Had he not promised Rue, and actually come back to his loot, his boss mob's drops would have been causing quite the problem.
”What?” Rue's voice feigned sincerity, but her facial expression took on an evil smirk. She knew exactly what he was upset about.
”Old Man Jenkin's loot is a mess.”
”Well, you did that to yourself.”
”Yeah yeah.” He knew continuing the conversation would likely just result in the AI making him openly comment on his mistake even more, and he didn't want to deal with that. Instead, he needed to fix his problem, so he could get back to achievement hunting. He had a little over 9 hours left, a boss mob's loot to fix, achievements to claim, and a first floor to decorate. So much to do, so little time.