Scientist one “Sigh...We have failed” Scientist two “No! Look one is still alive!!”
Note** consider removing this^
I woke up.. Yea not much of a description there one moment I was picking skills, traits and my class the next thing I know here I am flat on my back naked as a jaybird.. You know that saying we all come into the world the same way “Naked and screaming” Well I have the naked part down..Just hope the screaming doesn't start any time soon. Looking around I see that I was transported or..Born into this world.. in the middle of nowhere. Granted it was a pretty nowhere with a large waterfall to my left that fell into a medium sized catch pool of around two hundred feet or so the cliff at my back was interesting it seemed to go on and on like some giant had taken a knife and decided oh hey lets scrape off part of this mountain. To my right and front about seventy five yards away give or take a few yards massive tree's larger and greener then I had ever seen even from old entertainment vids. They looked like a redwood tree on steroids, easily seventy feet wide and two many be three thousand feet tall. It was hard to tell from my perspective but I was in awe nonetheless .
I quickly checked myself over..you know to make sure I had all my fingers and toes and junior hadn't somehow gone missing from whatever system was used to bring me here. Thankfully I seemed to have all my parts, they were all the right size too.. YaY! Now don't get me wrong living in PCSJ US no one except the masters had the luxury for that sort of nonsense but I did have some pride over my looks. standing at six foot with a lean athletic build and short dark brown hair. I cut a nice figure if I don't say so myself.
With the red sun warming my naked skin as I sat in the middle of my new little world I decided it was time to see what I could find out about my skills etc. If this world was like most virtual reality games there should be a way to access my stats. Out loud I said “Character screen”......Nothing happened no matter what combination I said. After a period I will not admit too I thought 'Ok lets try something else.'. I Thought the words 'Open character screen' and suddenly a screen popped open showing me my character screen.. Feeling like doing a face palm for how simple it was I looked over the information.
***** Author note. Do not expect the char screen or skills screen etc to make much of a appearance in this story. While it will be alluded to and referenced at times. I feel that it clutters up and takes away more then it really informs or helps.
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Name = Jim Anderson
Alias = NA
Titles = *********(******) , The First (+10 all stats)
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Race = Alden (Humanoid)
Age = 17
Level = 1
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Health = 200/200 Regen = 5/s (while resting)
Stamina = 200/200 Regen = 5/s (while resting)
Mana = 1100/1100 Regen= 1010/s
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Free Stat points = 0
Strength = 10 (+10) (20)
Agility = 10 (+10) (20)
Intelligence = 20 (+100%) (40)
Wisdom = 20 (+100%) (40)
Charisma = 10 (+10) (20)
luck = 20 (+100)(+100%) (240)
NOTE*** Subject to change
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Alden Racial Traits
Gifted = “you were born from magic +1000 mana 1000/s Regen +10 status points per level 100% to intelligence and wisdom attributes. ”
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Other Traits
Pack mule = “Congrats!You are an ass 100% reduction of weight on all items in inventory, Unlimited inventory space”
Lucky = “You rolled the dice and won!..or maybe not.. 100 to luck, 100% to luck”
Bookworm = “You spent too much time reading in a past life, holding any book in your hand allows you to learn its contents automatically. Warning using this ability too often could lead to undesirable side effects.”
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Looking over my stats and traits I couldn't help but think to myself 'wow what a cheating bastard I am' seeing the great bonuses I had started my new life out with. My choices while creating my character or..Creating the new me seemed to have paid off in spades. I had no clue what the deal was with the Titles section but the plus ten to my starting stats was a welcome addition. The “lucky” trait though blew my mind but at the same time the part in the description “or maybe not” made me wonder what possibly could be bad about having a stupidly high luck stat..Only time will tell it would seem. Closing the window and thinking “Open skills” a new screen popped up.
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Class
Sorcerer “100% to subclass skills ability, negative 75% to cost of all magic skills”
Subclass skills =
Elemental Manipulation level 1/100
“Ability to control the elements, Air, Earth,Wind,Fire, water”
Magic manipulation level 1/100
“Ability to control and manipulate magic itself”
Force manipulation level 1/100
“Ability to control the unseen forces”
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General Skills
Perception 2/100
“hey whats that smell?.. Higher your skill in perception the better you will see,hear,smell,feel,taste”
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Trade skills
**** Note Removed a couple trade skills. Remember to go back and change this in first chapter.***
Enchanting level 1/100
“The ability to place enchantments on items. Higher levels allow for better effects”
tinker level 1/100
“You grew up always having to make things or repair them for yourself. The ability to change or create new or existing items”
Portal creation level 1/100
“You somehow became stargate SG1 mechanic! The ability to create portals from one point to another. Limitations = Must have been to the entrance and exit point, Must construct a gateway out of stone or metal, Min size of gateway 3ft wide 8ft tall, To place portal focus on gateway choose If it is a starting point or end point then activate skill. This must be done at both ends. Higher the skill the further you can place portals from each other plus cost of mana is reduced”
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The sorcerer class was what I had hoped it would be, in most games I had played in the past where magic was involved sorcerers were always the most powerful because they were not limited by only having one or two elements they could use like a Mage or having to speak long tiresome chants just to light a silly camp fire. While wizards could use all of the elements the requirement to make gestures or even having to have spell components was a negative, Not having to do the chants or memorize intricate gestures was a huge advantage to have and I was very happy with my choice of Sorcerer.
The addition of “Magic manipulation and Force manipulation” was a surprise though. The only reason I could see for gaining those was they were possibly a part of the portal creation skill. I would have to experiment carefully but if my suspicions turned out to be true I would be able to control gravity and possibly create powerful power sources among other things with these two skills.
Closing the skills screen I stood up and thought 'open inventory' a new screen opened up with hundreds of small square boxes. My attention was drawn right away to the first five slots. A plain tan shirt, dark brown pants, dark brown boots, a small knife and what looked like a staff were the only items in my inventory. Opening my character screen I dragged and dropped the clothes in the proper slots and I was suddenly no longer standing there naked. While I was doing this I noticed that there was five tabs numbered tab one through tab five. Selecting tab two I was once again standing naked for all the world too see. 'well that didn't last long' I thought to myself. Selecting tab one I was suddenly clothed again. Definitely a useful feature I thought.
Taking out the staff and small knife from my inventory I was not impressed the knife while sharp was just one you would find anywhere. The staff was just a round length of wood about five and a half foot long. Taking a closer look at the staff I was pleasantly surprised when a small box opened up in the bottom left of my vision and a message showed up in it. “You have learned a new skill, identify 1/100” looking back at the staff I now could see a small box with information about it. (Wood Staff durability 100/100 damage 0-100 (blunt) Value = 0) I looked over at the knife and thought “Identify” at it and was rewarded with +1 to identification skill and (Rusty knife durability 100/100 damage 10-100 (pierce/slash) value= 0) The identification skill was something that would come in extremely handy in the future especially sense it seemed to also show a items value, I resolved to level it up as soon as possible.
Putting the knife and staff back into my inventory I decided that it was time to figure out how to use my magic. Walking over to the waterfall's catch pool I sat down on a rock and tried to figure out how to go about doing just that. At first I tried holding out my hand palm up and calling out what I wanted. “Fire ball .. Water ball.. lightning bolt” all for nothing except maybe providing a entertaining show to the various birds and critters that might be watching a mad man yelling out random words. I must admit it was frustrating as hell to know that I had the ability and yet I could not figure out how the heck to use magic. 'Maybe.. I just need to think it or picture it in my mind for it to work?' I thought.. Holding out my hand palm up and thinking the world fire produced no results at all..I then Closed my eyes and pictured a dancing flame in the palm of my hand it took a few moments to get a stable image but once I had a firm image in my mind I felt a pulling sensation in the center of my chest..Opening my eyes I was rewarded with the brief sight of a dancing flame in the palm of my hand that promptly dispersed to nothing as soon as I lost my concentration. “not going to be as easy as I thought” I muttered to myself.