It's cold.
I reach for the covers, it shouldn't be time for class yet but my hand touches the cold hard ground. Wisps of grass greet my fingertips.
Panic rises as I open my eyes and I'm greeted by a transparent blue box blocking my vision.
Hello and welcome to Wym!
local region: The Northern Expanse.
As a new system user, you are granted a starter package based on your past experiences to compensate for a lack of a local upbringing.
Starter pack unlocked
The clothes on your back!
You receive everything you were wearing when leaving your old world. Better than nothing.
Don't die!
New title obtained
Foreign Dignitary
This title recognizes you as a member of the ruling class from your former world! It gives access to unique system perks related to nobility and social standing
I blink away the messages but they just keep coming.
Prior life experience recognized!
Starting class set to Lifecrafter initiate
Due to your status on your homeworld, this class has been upgraded to the noble variant of Shaper Initiate.
And lastly, a red box emerges into my vision.
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Life crafters are a Heretical Class, However, due to your training and nobility this status has been removed and reference to it hidden when being identified. Be careful, not all will be sympathetic to the nature of your class.
The blue boxes minimize into some kind of overlay. I see boxes at the edge of my vision depicting things like my Health, Spell Energy, and Essence; amazingly convenient if it wasn't for the fact that as far as the eye could see was nothing but vast plains with a sprinkling of snow.
I was in the wilderness. With no tools. No servants. No food. Not even water. As a shaper though, we've been given field training on surviving on our own. Being the backbone of the shaper empire we are expected to fend for ourselves and police the lands, or well a full shaper would. I was just a shaper in training.
That didn't mean I knew nothing. Knowledge is power and as students we were shown how to quickly absorb and memorize what we were taught. I knew I needed to find shelter, find water and find food. First, though, I needed to create a servant to help me construct something to protect us from the elements.
Starting to move my essence another transparent blue box appeared.
Creature Creation
Etherwisp, 4 essence
Mindless spirits created thru essence
They can be controlled via imposing their creators will onto them.
Good for scouting or luring creatures away
Str 0
Dex 3
End 1
Int 0
Cha 2
Maguskin, 12 essence
Basic Servant class creation
Featureless, aside from an oversized mouth.
Blind but can see through magical senses.
Str 2
Dex 2
End 4
Int 3
Cha 2
Essence available 12
Infusing my will into the air I began to morph the essence into the vague shape of a humanoid. It was shoddy work, the creature twitching and emancipated but it would live long enough to help me build a shelter.
Maguskin Lv 1
With a mental nod to my creation we begin walking trying to find a suitable place to set up camp for the night.