Elden Ring - Multiplayer - Santafinger #1 in Raya Lucaria Academy (Screenshots & Video)

Here's some quick info on the game:

(Actual post is BELOW this intro info!)

[GAMEPLAY] In Elden Ring, players control a customizable player character on a journey to repair the Elden Ring and become the new Elden Lord. The game is presented through a third-person perspective, with players freely roaming its interactive open world. Gameplay elements include combat using several types of weapons and magic spells, horseback riding, and crafting.

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[STORY] Elden Ring takes place in the Lands Between, a fictional landmass ruled over by several demigods. It was previously ruled over by the immortal Queen Marika, who acted as keeper of the Elden Ring, a powerful force that manifested as the physical concept of order. When Marika eventually shattered the Elden Ring and disappeared, her demigod children began warring over pieces of the Ring in an event called the Shattering. Each demigod possesses a shard of the Ring called a Great Rune, which corrupts them with power. In the game, the player character is a Tarnished, one of a group of exiles from the Lands Between who are summoned back after the Shattering. As one of the Tarnished, the player must traverse the realm to repair the Elden Ring and become the Elden Lord.

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Today's ELDEN RING post is about a wonderfully generous Bloody Finger phenomena my friend Fang and I have come to call: Santa Fingers!

(If you don't have time to read through the screenshots below, I've attached a video link of the full fight at the BOTTOM of the page!)

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Here I am just earning some extra runes while waiting for my friend, Fang, to activate my gold summon sign next to a nearby Grace Site.

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Luckily in this gameplay footage I opened my menu screen so here's a quick look at my gear and stats.

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After entering Fang's world, I thought I'd play around and dress up as the sorcerers we were fighting.

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Here I am sneak-attacking a mage in the hallway -- I wonder if he's confused to see one of his own being so treacherous!

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After that little fun, I switched back to my Carrion Knight armor because it's the nicest stuff I got -- in my opinion -- so far. I show Fang a hidden wall I found last time I was in Raya Lucaria Academy.

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We jump down this railing after grabbing some stuff and head to another spot.

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It requires hopping up some rocks to a nearby cliff.

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While traversing the cliff, we get a message banner that Fang's world has been invaded by a Recusant Frenzied Vyke! Which means they probably have a madness spear ... or TWO madness spears!

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FANG
Remember the last Frenzied Invader
who invaded us? Not just one Frenzied
Spear -- but TWO! So much fire ...

ME
(Paralyzed by painful yellow-flamed flashbacks)

FANG
We're just going to stay up here?

ME
Burn up here
Or burn down there?
Does it really matter?

FANG
Of all places, we get invaded
while on a narrow cliffside.

ME
Ready to get shish kebobed?

FANG
I'll see you back the grace, pal.

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The red phantom of death arrives ...

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The Recusant Frenzied Vykes waves hello -- perhaps he is one of the classier invaders and wishes to duel operatically on this narrow cliffside?

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Not wanting to die rude, I wave hello to signal that I am also a fellow Tarnished versed in PVP etiquette.

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FANG
What's that gesture mean?

ME
No clue
I'm pretty new to this too.
Maybe he's singing YMCA?

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In order to confirm our duel, I point at him to signal that I'm willing to burn to death first by his spear ... while Fang sits down beside me to show he's willing to observe before it is eventually his time to burn second.