You can run, but you can't hide

Skilling up is an important part of one's job. I've been wanting to go level Thief again but I haven't been able to because of my lack of skill in Marksmanship.

It's been awhile since I've used my crossbow the last time, so I was very anxious when I took it out of my safe inside my house. Moogle stared at the me and asked me if I really wanted to do this. I guess he was kind of worried, and to be honest, I was worried too. Equipped as a ranger I decided that I'd go to Western Altepa Desert in an attempt to level my marksmanship.

My destination was Rabao where I would perform the final preparations. I had spent countless hours in Jeuno earlier that day to find bolts of various sorts. Bloody and Holy bolts was of particular interest. I took a few steps outside Rabao and started scanning the area for worms. Worms are an easy target for rangers since we can take them out without being worried about getting hit. Well, I wish that was how it worked though. Worms has a particular interest for Stonega II, a spell that will penetrate even the strongest Utsusemi defense, so I was very careful about my target's moves. The Anticans around me wasn't too happy about seeing me and started chasing me over and over again. I just grinned at them and thought: "You can run, but you can't hide" to myself. I pointed my crossbow at them and fired a paralyzing shot at him. Shadowbind can help you get away in a bad situation. It can also help your mages cast a few enfeebling spells on the target before he arrives at the camp.

I got skill level 150 in the end and I'm looking forward to getting back to my Thief. I even got level 15 Bard the other day which made me happy although it means that I can't level it any further before I get a few more items. Mary's Horn and the Monster Signa would be of tremendous help. (^^ )