Cliff Short age 21 lived in Canada Ontario.
He grew up on the farm before moving to the city for college.
Outside of classes his favourite thing to do was read fantasy and movies.
Having consumed hundreds of online books and movies Cliff could not help but yearn for his own adventure in a fantasy world, but alas Earth contained no magic, no mythical creatures. Just the dull march that was modern society.
Today being a Saturday, Cliff took some time off of homework to purchase groceries.
Getting to the local No-frills he loaded up with salted herring, navy beans, Potatoes and apples.
After paying the cashier he loaded his week worth of food into his backpack, and began walking down the streets back home.
It was at the stop lights on Richmond Street when the world began to shake.
And oddly it was not just the earth that shook, but the Air, Light and sound also.
This occurrence caused the people driving cars to either swerve or stop.
Feeling scared he began running down the road to an open parking lot hoping he could avoid any collapsing buildings.
But before he could get there, he unwillingly lost consciousness.
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Waking up Cliff found himself in a dark space, if it could even be called that. The term void seemed to fit more.
Looking around he soon saw 4 balls of light: Big Green, Small green, Huge Yellow and Medium Gray moving in the distance
The largest green light seemed to catch on fire before swirling into a vortex
The small green broke into pieces before joining the vortex, the vortex then encompassed the grey light and Finally like Packman the Yellow light ate the Vortex.
Baffled Cliff did not have to wait long for answers before a blue hologram showed in front of him
Greetings Human of Earth
You have been brought to limbo so your planet and 3 others may partake in the gathering.
Earth, Bos, Lars, Ranid.
These 4 planets have been merged to form 1 planet called Yarnam
All species sentient and otherwise have been brought to LIMBO
Here everyone shall be granted access to the System and Mana
When the Planets Merge have finished you shall be transported to a random location. Please Ask questions and I will answer
Cliff took a moment to digest what has happened, hearing that his life was destroyed on earth was shocking, but to find out he would now go to another world not only with magic but other species from other planets, this was a dream come true.
Taking a few deep breaths to soothe the anxiety Cliff decided to embrace this strange but wonderful chance given to him.
“System, what is the goal? What are we supposed to do on Yarnam?”
That is your choice. Be a conqueror, peacemaker, craftsmen, murderer.
Anything is possible. The system will not judge nor hinder. It will only give you the Potential to do anything!
“Can you explain how the system works and my stats please?”
Stats are
STR- is your strength/attack power
CON- effects the amount of damage the body can take and your health
END- effects stamina
AGI- effects speed
DEX- effects body motor control and flexibillity
INT- effects your learning speed, and mana regeneration
WIS- Mana quantity and ability to use available knowledge
Your stat are
STR 4
CON 7
END 5
AGI 7
DEX 3
INT 5
Wis 4
additionally
There is no personal level, just class levels
After reaching class level 50 you can choose another class or to upgrade current class, or combine current classes into one.
By choosing to upgrade a class you will rank up all class skills and unlock special skills to the class
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By choosing Another class, you receive a new class and new class skills but get to keep the other class skills. You do not receive automatic rank up of skills. But skills can still be ranked up by hard work
By choosing to combine, you must have classes that synergize IE Scribe + Mage= Arcanist or Farmer + Mage =Druid or Priest + Warrior = Paladin
Warning Certain classes may only be obtained by Class combinations
Benefits of Class combining include special skills unlocked, and skills are ranked up
Cons of combining are you must have all required classes to 50 and certain skills must reach a certain level or rank
Skills Ranks and levels
Level are 1- 50
Ranks: Beginner—apprentice--skilled—Master—Grand master—Saint--Overlord
Would you like to choose your class now?
“No I would like to wait to choose, but when I am taken to Yarnam will I have anything to start out with as supplies? Also, will I be near people I know?”
You will be placed randomly on the planet so you may or may not be near someone you know. Anything you were holding before being brought to Limbo will accompany you down to the new planet. Additionally upon choosing your first class you will be given basic tools / supplies relating to the class.
Now please hold still you are now being transported down.
Before he could argue against not being ready, Cliff was blinded by a bright light
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When the spots in his eyes faded a new landscape surrounded him.
His surrounding area was full of trees.
Some were similar such as Scots pine, Black Cherry and maples.
But there were a few that looked strange like a maple that seemed to have a blue glow to the bark.
Patting himself he noticed his groceries from earth were beside him in the backpack.
Slipping the loops over his shoulder, he then began walking around the area.
Following the sound of rushing water, he found a large gully with a small river gouged into the ground.
The gully seemed to be 1km in depth, but that was just a guess.
The stone walls had interesting textures and colours spread throughout.
Hoping to find an easier water source he began following the river to its beginning point.
It was not long before he found a larger river that seemed to wind around a large mountain, the river then forked into two directions, the largest one went south east while the smaller river went west and entered the gully.
Cliff found it interesting that the whole river did not just go into the gully but with the whole 4 planets combining to be 1 he did not put much thought into it.
Heading to the mountain he hoped to use it to spot any other people.
Getting to the mountain it took a few moments to find a rough surface that had enough grip for him to climb up the southern face of the mountain.
Taking the motions slowly, Cliff breathed heavily while nervously pulling himself up each inch of the way.
It took him almost an hour to reach 15 feet above the tree line before the Mountain face became to sheer to climb up.
Looking to the south, east and west he began shouting
“HELLO! DOES ANYONE HEAR ME!? I AM FROM EARTH! COME TO THE MOUNTAIN!!!?”
Repeating the message thrice, he then began climbing back down the mountain.
Going back to the river he took some herring out of his bag and washed the excess salt off before chewing on a filet.
As he ate, he asked the system to pull up all classes available to him
Currently host only has access to basic Classes
Miner
Lumberjack
Mason
Toolsmith
Weaponsmith
Farmer
Baker
Acolyte
Herbalist
Swordman
Spearman
Hunter
Scribe
….
Reminder only one class may be chosen at a time, another may be chosen after current class has reached level 50.
Looking at the list he scrolled through dozens more listed
Looking at a few he saw that Acolyte seemed to be the beginning class to reach mage.
Herbalist seemed to lead into Healer or priest.
Pondering a bit Cliff thought back to his favourite Fantasy literature and their characters.
He always admired the Dwarves of Lord of the rings
They were the ultimate smith, Warrior and Builder, creating monuments to their success under their mountains.
Having this thought he looked to the mountain that he just climbed down from.
“Hmm, maybe the world is trying to tell me something, maybe I should be like a dwarf and become a great smith but what to choose?”
Before he could select either of the smiths, he had another thought. The system said that the first class would receive a package of tools related to the class.
So maybe he should choose a resource gathering class first since he does not have any material to forge.
Making this decision he selected the Miner class
Class “Miner” has been selected
Class Miner Lvl 0
Grants +1 STR +1 END per level
Beginner Mining Lvl 1: gives beginner mining knowledge
Beginner Construction Lvl 1: grants basic knowledge of construction
Beginner Identify metals lvl 1: can identify basic description of metal while holding
Future skills may be unlocked by certain actions
Class level may be in increased by leveling up class skills or just by completing tasks related to Class.
Before Cliff could do anything else a mound of objects popped into existence.
Looking at each object he saw he was given
1 iron helmet
15 torches
45 feet of rope
2 pickaxes
2 shovels
1 axe
2 barrow sleds (think wheel barrows but instead of wheels, it sits on sleds)
1 flint and steel
Seeing the supplies offered by the system for his class he was very thankful. Each of these tools would be key to success.
Soon a migraine began to set in
Closing his eyes and rubbing his temple to sooth the pain. After the pain ebbed away Cliff found that new knowledge was implanted into his brain
He now knew how to dig tunnels in search of minerals
He also now knew how to build basic supports for the mine shafts
Grabbing his new pickaxe, he held the metal head to see what information the new skill identify metal would give butt when he held the pickaxe head “ferrous” was all that was given
That information was useless to him which was very disappointing but it made him think of the levels of the skills. Most likely if he levelled the skill up more the better information would be offered.
Realising this he pulled up his current status to see the progress of his skill
Name: Cliff Short
Current Class: Miner Lvl 0 [1/25]
Grants +1 STR +1 END per level
stats
STR 4
CON 7
END 5
AGI 7
DEX 3
INT 5
Wis 4
Skills
Beginner Mining lvl 1 [0/10]: gives beginner mining knowledge
Beginner Construction Lvl 1 [0/10: grants beginner knowledge of construction joints
Beginner Identify metals lvl 1 [1/10]: can identify basic description of metal while holding
Seeing the progress bar on his skill he then used identify on the other tools
After using identify once on each tool he found out that he could only get experience once per clump of metal. He could get experience form both pickaxes but could not twice from the same pickaxe.
Now after inspecting the tools his skill was now beginner identify metals lvl 1[9/10]
He was super close to leveling up but had nothing else to inspect.
Deciding that it was getting dark, Cliff grabbed some wood and started a fire near the river to sleep beside, and to keep his food safe he chucked the back up into a tall tree.