Guide to the Netherworld!

[abravelikehero]

Almaz' Guide to the Netherworld!

Introduction

Welcome to the Netherworld! Netherworld Academy, not to be confused with Netherworld Academy Evil Institute though.

It is unfortunate you now have a huge debt, it's also unfair, but because this is the Netherworld there's not much you can do about it but try and pay it off, or complete the story but that might take a while. You can also try and level up and defeat the Overlord Dean, but that will probably be harder than it's worth since I'm sure he's over 100 even without stronger enemy bills passed.

What is this place?

This is a Netherworld. A Netherworld is a place where demons live. Though, these are probably not the sort of demons you know, if they are the sort of demons you do know you probably already know what's going on or the mechanics feel familiar enough to figure it out. For everyone else, the Netherworld is a place that is usually connected to a Human world. I think anyway. I only really know my world and my worlds Netherworld. But I do know there are multiple Netherworlds connected together!

oh yeah.

So what is the dimensional guide thing?

The dimensional guide is the person who can use the dimensional transport! It sends you to different parts of the Netherworld. I think it's also how they got us all here. It's hard to use so you can't go anywhere without someone to use it. Since it's an NPC thing always, don't count on learning how. But you can probably ask them to go to various local places, and maybe meet new people if you pass the right bills.

What is the point of "bills"?

Bills are passed by the Student Council, or senate or whatever they're called here.... You can get lots of stuff through them. Like you can get more expensive items from the store, or you can get more people to help you out in battles, you can get stronger enemies or access to different locations. Pretty much anything you might want.

They keep denying me! How can I get anything if they hate me so much?

Well... you can always try again, level up more, level up your items and see if they like you more later? Try getting more people to help you out too. Though you can force a bill... I wouldn't recommend it. It just seems like you're being a sore loser. Ah... but if it's really really important there is a way to do it....

What are you talking about get more levels?

Go fight enemies till your stats are increased and your level is higher.


They look like that!

You never did say much about demons themselves.

They're not that different from humans, actually they're a lot less complicated. They pride themselves on being "evil" but it's not really an evil evil, it's sort of like being bad but not horrible.... I guess it's like always being tundere?

So where do I go level anyway? And what about making my items stronger?

You could talk to the dimensional guide to go somewhere, but to make your items stronger you need to talk to the person who manages the Item World, choose the item to go inside and then... fight your way through.


It looks like this, oh and sometimes there's pirates. Though I guess that's not technically the right place... Oh well looks close enough.

Conclusion

Uh... well if there's any questions I'll try and answer them! I've never tried to make a guide before.

(OOC: If you think it needs a cut just tell me and I'll put it behind one! I wasn't sure if i should or not and decided to try it uncut first.)

Comments

[abravelikehero]

I'm talking about the Netherworld and how it works. And there are pirates because... there are. But they only show up rarely in the Item World.

[notjustinthemirror]

[The amount of confused he is knows no bounds.]

Alright. Let's start there.

So say I have an item. Like this crowbar here.

[The one he's now brandishing with the suspicious looking red stains all over it.]

I'm supposed to somehow go inside this and fight things. With the thing I'm inside of.

And this makes sense how?

[abravelikehero]

Yes, but you need a different weapon to use. You can't use the item you went inside, that's just silly.

[notjustinthemirror]

Of course it is.

[Urge to face palm rising.]

And going inside a weapon at all is perfectly normal.

[abravelikehero]

Of course it is, that's why there's a person to send you. Anyway, how else would you make items stronger?

[notjustinthemirror]

Well I could wrap it in barbed wire or well, do nothing because it's a crowbar. It doesn't need to be stronger! IT'S A CROWBAR.

[abravelikehero]

Sure it does, a crowbar alone can't do much. Can you take out a level 150 enemy with just a common crowbar? No.

[notjustinthemirror]

I could take out 150 guys with a crowbar no problem.

[abravelikehero]

No... not 150 guys, a guy who is level 150.

I'm sorry he's so clueless..

[notjustinthemirror]

150 levels of what?

It just makes it better~

[abravelikehero]

Um, just, levels. The higher the level the stronger you are. The higher your stats are, the more you hit for and the more you can take.

[notjustinthemirror]

[Just. Staring.]

[abravelikehero]

[He offers an awkward smile.]

[notjustinthemirror]

Alright. I'll play along. That's not the craziest thing I've ever heard.

[Though it's up there.]

So how do you even find out what level someone is. Or this is.

[And just what level IS his beloved crowbar?]

[abravelikehero]

You look at the status screen.

[And don't ask him how, he could at least link to a player character profile but items were more ambiguous....]

[notjustinthemirror]

And where's that?

[abravelikehero]

Um... I'm sure you'll find it if you look. It's really hard to explain in this medium.

[notjustinthemirror]

And this is just normal everyday stuff where you come from?

[abravelikehero]

More or less.

[notjustinthemirror]

Well it's not where I come from. None of this makes any fucking sense.

[abravelikehero]

You get used to it, you just have to watch what everyone does and try and go along with what's happening.

[notjustinthemirror]

So what's to stop me from attacking you and stealing all these level things?

[yeah, he still doesn't get it.]

[abravelikehero]

One you can't steal a level, you have to grind them up yourself. Two, it's not really a good idea to attack someone without checking their level first and comparing it to your own.

[notjustinthemirror]

And how the fuck do I do that?

[abravelikehero]

Well normally it would show up somewhere on the lower part of the screen but since the medium is different it's more....

Up in the air.

Well I'm sure if it's ever something really important you'll see it then.