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You have improved a skill!
New Skill: Disciple of Entropy - Scholar of Entropy
-You have felt life change to death and vice versa either by a master or the passage of time and you have studied its motions
-Bring forth that which has been lost lose that which was brought forth
-You hold the endless cycle in your mind and bend its forces to help you on your journey Ascendant
-Gives bonuses to knowledge especially that which is attuned to the concept of entropy
-Allows you to learn more about your surroundings by interacting with them directly through your energy
You have reached Lvl 10!
You have gained additional stats based on your class!
You have Skill Choices!
You have Subclass Choices!
You have reached the First Teir Ascendant!
A lot to digest there thought Caspian that was the same message he got about skill choices he got earlier but why did he just gain some skills and others he had to choose also where did he go to choose them? Immediately his status pane appeared showing a skills tab.
“Well that's certainly convenient isn't it” he muttered.
Skills:
Dark Vision Lvl 2
-See better in the dark
Brawlers Resolve Lvl 7
-Gain a boost to resistance against all that might try and corrupt your will
-Steady forth warrior what you do not fear can not hurt you
Self Heal Lvl 1
-Heal yourself with your own energy
-Dependency is weakness
Poison Resistance Lvl 1
-You have consumed that which should not be consumed by the force of will or stupidity either way next time it'll take longer
Disciple of Entropy Lvl 1
-You have felt life change to death and vice versa either by a master or the passage of time and you have learned from it
-Bring forth that which has been lost lose that which was brought forth
-You hold the endless cycle in your mind and bend its forces to help you on your journey Ascendant
-Gives bonuses to knowledge especially that which is attuned to the concept of entropy
Physician Meditation Lvl 5
-You know what you are and your will empowers it
-Focus on a concept to push more energy into it
-Bonus to physical uses of the skill
-Increased effect of all body advancement skills heightened if the skill is used while in a state of meditation
Available skill choices: 4
Runic Body Art
-You have affixed a rune of power to your body either permanently or temporarily and now know the power contained
-Allows the ascendent to more easily apply runes to the body by various means allowing for their power to be harnessed
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-Either for art or for glory you know power is something that can be painted upon you
Stalwart Legs
-Attempts to resist the forces that move you that are not yours
-Bonus to skill effectiveness based on willpower
-Let the waters before you part at your will, stone may still pose a problem
Bestial Instincts
-You have fought beasts and learned their tricks
-Increases sense of danger and allows the Ascndant to more easily perceive threats in the environment
-Become the beast and let them witness your fury
Basic Fighting
-You have learned basic fighting techniques
-Fight whether or not you have the skills to succeed
Weapon mastery
-It is time to learn the way of war
-Increases your proficiency with weapons
Alright, so 5 options but only 4 choices? Thinking about it it made more sense that his little skill choice options probably happened every 5 levels and gave him 2 choices.
“Man, it would be cool if I knew more about where I am the figuring it out off the cuff thing is super explorer of me buuuut also sucks when it comes to actually knowing what's going on. Just make your 4 choices and be grateful”
Looking over his options some options were clear winners but the fact that he only had to get rid of one made the decision a little easy. Nevertheless, he did have to make that decision. Though with his current state and lack of ya know an actual weapon it seemed like of the 5 he could be pretty sure not picking weapon mastery was the right choice. On top of that currently, his punches were a little scary but at least he couldn't accidentally punch his leg in two. He could however slice it with his currently non-existent weapon. Anyway, weapon no fist yes, and now on to the next very very important factor of that barrage of notifications. That's right he had subclass choices.
Subclass: Attempt Ascension?
Y/N
He chose yes cause what could go wrong? He was wrong. He found himself falling through his body and then the floor watching as his body crumpled to the floor he was pulled into an inky black void. Everything disappeared, the floor, his body, even his ring faded from his seemingly incorporeal form just floating through a black void. Then he was standing on a wide platform of something almost crystal clear maybe glass? Solid space? Either way he was still in the void just standing on this platform that very slightly reflected his image like a massive pane of glass or a shallow lake perhaps. Though the surroundings were completely dark it seemed as if there were a light source perfectly behind him no matter how he turned as if the air itself were illuminating everything around in a perfect neutral glow. Suddenly one of his newly acquired skills seemed to kick in automatically and he became very aware of something dangerous behind him. Spinning around and focusing on what his new instincts had alerted off he attempted to push energy into his legs to activate the Stalwart Legs skill while getting into a pose to hopefully use his Basic Fighting. As he completed his spin he was greeted by 3 podiums. The first held a faintly see-through ball of darkness like a shadow taken form. The second one held a ball that seemed to be folding into itself as well as out of itself if that made sense. As if it wasn't supposed to exist but was also somehow more permanent than anything else. Finally on the third podium was a sphere that looked to consist solely of beating muscle and gnashing fangs. Focusing on each one brought up an incredibly short description.
Item: Essence of Shadow (Common)
-Pure shadow energy used for ascension towards The Dark Ones
-You have interacted deeply with the shadows and concept of Dark
Item: Essence of Chaos (Legendary)
-Pure Chaos energy used for ascension towards The Chaos Blessed
-You possess the Scholor of Entropy skill
-You have interacted deeply with the endless cycle and concept of Entropy
Item: Essence of Beast (Uncommon)
-Pure Beast energy used for ascension towards The Beast Brethren
-You have a skill Bestial Instincts
-You have killed with your bare hands
-You have interacted deeply with the blood and concept of Bestial Power
This felt a little silly was he joining a cult what were The Dark ones and why was one option very clearly far higher in tier? He was assuming Legendary was at least a few steps above Uncommon but did that mean it was better or just less common? Did he want to be like whoever The Chaos Blessed was? Well, clearly reincarnation was real so why go into easy mode here? He chose.
Caspian felt the world drop from beneath him as energies writhed in his body and his vision swam with notifications colors and images of his life before the tunnel he had been running through. He realized he hadn't thought about his life much since waking up here. He died right? People don't live after that kind of accident but was this all a coma dream? If it was it was super realistic even down to the feeling of your fist going through a giant pig so for now he kept assuming it was indeed real.
Arriving back in the tunnel he found himself in a rather deep and strangely … him-shaped hole. As if the space around his body had just kept burning away he lay in a roughly 2-foot human depression in the floor and not only that but he was now completely naked no nothing. He did have his ring back he pulled out one of the boar mats as he tried to sit up his shoulders and arms were slowed for a second then broke through the slightly narrower top layer of stone. Had he gotten bigger again but now in a hole? Who knows he wrapped the mat around his waist forming a sorta loin cloth thing. Hey, it just felt more acceptable. Now for that list of notifications, he just got.
Lvl 10
Class: Brawler
Subclass: Chaos
Blessing: Attempt Attunement?
Path: Path of Exploration
New Skills:
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