Chapter 57 Status.
“I’m getting kind of excited.” Isaac confessed as they rolled out the ritual rug. “It’s been so long since the last time I’ve seen my status.”
Lenna chuckled and shook her head. “Likewise.” She agreed.
Once the rug was rolled out completely and level on the floor Isaac looked at Lenna. “Want to go first?” He asked.
Lenna shook her head. “I’m more patient than you.” She replied with a smile.
Isaac took a deep breath and sat down in the middle of the ritual. He pushed a little dark mana out towards the designated circle for his dark mana input. A minute later the ritual flared and started sending pulses through him and recording it. “This takes a hundred times longer when you’re excited.” Isaac grumbled.
Lenna laughed at him and joined him on the floor. “It’ll go faster if you stop thinking about it.” She told him and they started talking about what their statuses were like the last time they were checked.
Finally the ritual was done and the pair were sitting and crouched next to the projection that showed Isaac’s updated status. “Wow.” Isaac commented. “That’s a lot more skills than last time.”
Lenna slowly turned her head to face him. “You are built like a demigod.” She told him in awe and then got a glint in her eye. “Later.” She whispered to herself.
Name: Isaac Wexler Race: Human Age: 20
Height: 5’10” Weight: 155 Eyes: Silver
Skin tone: Pale Hair: Black Level: 8
Strength: 15 Dexterity: 16 Constitution: 16
Intelligence: 18 Wisdom: 19 Will Power: 16
Total: 60 + 40 Polarity: Split (84% Dark)
Class: Mage - Dark Multiclass: N/A
Talents: Dark Mana Manipulation, Deflection
Skills: Stealth, Deception, Persuasion, Intimidation, Performance, Unarmed Combat, One-handed Sword Combat, Polarity Sense.
Blessings: Zei (Eternal Youth: You will still die when your natural time comes, however you will always look as you do now.)
Curses: N/A
“Yeah. They are even higher than last time.” He replied with a smile. Isaac was proud of himself. After all, who doesn’t like bigger numbers?
“I’ve never seen talents listed before.” Lenna confessed.
Isaac nodded. “That’s what Aria said too. Also polarity is apparently not normal on a status page either.” He nodded towards the center of the ritual a moment later when the illusory image ran out of power and vanished. “Your turn.”
“Alright.” Lenna replied and got up, sat in the middle of the ritual, then waited patiently for her Identify to finish. Isaac had to power it again but after a few minutes she got her results back. They displayed in the same way as Isaac’s but he was already there reading them before she arrived.
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“Holy skills bat-” Isaac’s words cut off again as he grabbed his head in pain. “Ow…” Isaac grumbled. “I really wish that would stop happening.” Lenna just shook her head and continued to look for anything new on her status page.
Name: Lenna V’Nova Race: Elf (Dark) Age: 298
Height: 5’11” Weight: 159 Eyes: Silver
Skin tone: Grayish Dark Purple Hair: Silver Level: 13
Strength: 18 Dexterity: 13 Constitution: 18
Intelligence: 14 Wisdom: 14 Will Power: 19
Total: 60 + 36
Class: Paladin - Oathbreaker Multiclass: N/A
Skills: Stealth, Athletics, Insight, Survival, Perception, Arcana, Language: Innerworld Standard, Language: Elvish, Language: Dwarvish, Language: Gnomish, Language: Overworld Standard, Language: Orcish, All Weapon Combat, Unarmed Combat, Mounted Combat, Horsemanship, All Savings Throws.
Blessings: Lua (Small healing overtime based on the phase of the moon.)
Curses: Ancient’s Revenge (Spells known through your class are both altered and reduced in number.)
“Mine didn’t change very much.” Lenna confessed. “My Willpower is up one and my level is higher. The blessing and curse are new. Mostly it’s just my level and subclass that’s changed.” She explained.
Isaac’s eyes were still glued to her status window. “All Weapon Combat?” He asked somewhat surprised.
Lenna nodded. “I’ve had two hundred years to hone my skills.” She replied honestly. “Most of it was spent waiting for my ancestors to decide it was time for me to level up. I had nothing better to do than train.”
Isaac nodded absently in understanding. “How do you get athletics, insight, survival, perception, and arcana as skills?” He questioned.
“Athletics is easy enough. We can start your training for that if you want?” She offered. “We would start training each of your muscle groups. Also teaching you how to use each of them properly. In one to three months you’d have it.”
Isaac nodded. “Okay. I don’t know how necessary that is but it’s something to think about.” He replied.
Lenna nodded and then went on to the next one on the list. “Insight is about reading people which I got from natural practice in a drow court.” She explained. “Survival training was something that every drow military personnel are given. Basic first-aid, water purification, sourcing food, what is edible and what isn’t, how to tell if water is safe to drink.” She took a deep breath having exhausted it all in going over what all was in survival training.
“That might take a while to learn but it is definitely something I should do at some point.” Isaac told her and then waited for her to continue.
Lenna nodded in agreement. “Perception can sort of be trained.” She began and thought about how she hadn’t had any dedicated training in that area but it was simply a product of living in the deathtrap known as the Innerworld. Being paranoid about every stray sound eventually helped her subconscious pick out sounds that might belong to threats. “I don’t know how to teach you that.” She told him honestly and then moved on. “Arcana is general magic knowledge. You are already well on your way.”
Isaac nodded in understanding. “How many more different skills are there?” He asked.
Lenna thought for a long moment. “I’m not sure. There are a lot of them. One thing to remember is that you won’t get a skill until you have proven to be proficient in it.” She explained.
“So I might just randomly get more but there’s no real way to know until it happens?” Isaac asked for clarification to which Lenna nodded. Isaac smiled. “My numbers didn’t go up by very much but the jump in levels and number of skills was a pleasant surprise.”
“Agreed.” Lenna said with a nod. “So…” Lenna drug the word out. “A triple digit total huh?” She stretched out on the floor.
Isaac raised an eyebrow at her. “Yes?” He wasn’t sure where she was going with it but he had a vague feeling. He wasn’t quite that dense to not notice what she was doing.
She flashed him a mischievous smirk and glint in her eyes. “Wanna work on your constitution?”
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The pair eventually found themselves in the back room where Kahtesh was guarding their drider silk. Alice mentioned something about letting Jilian Silverstrand in, to start untangling as much of the silk as she could before the machine arrived for her to work on it properly, so Isaac decided to just bring Kahtesh along with him rather than trying to make sure he wasn’t going to fry the poor girl or Alice. Since they were there anyway they decided to take a look at Kahtesh’s status as well.
Name: Kahtesh Race: Golem (Bone - Dragon - Blue)
Length: 9’1” Weight: 98 Eyes: N/A
Height: 4’1” Scales: N/A Level: 4
Strength: 19 Dexterity: 9 Constitution: 19
Intelligence: 4 Wisdom: 4 Will Power: N/A
Total: 50 + 0
Talent: Lightning Dragon Breath, Flight
Blessings: Familiar of Isaac Wexler (Small healing over time as long as you are receiving mana from your master.)
Curses: Familiar’s Curse. (You can only exist as long as you are receiving mana from your master.)
“That’s about what I thought.” Isaac commented. “It’s pretty empty.”
“He is a young dragon. Low numbers are to be expected… his do seem a bit low though.” Lenna replied.
“Maybe it has something to do with the fact that he’s not all there?” Isaac postulated. “Like he doesn’t really have a brain or anything.”
Lenna nodded. “That would make sense.” She agreed.
“Well. This has been fun.” Isaac commented. “What should we do next?”
“Stan should have my throwing spikes.” Lenna reminded.
Isaac got up and sent Kahtesh into his shadow. “Sounds good. Let’s go.”