Name and Level

Landon Sin’Albin, Level 1

Class(es)

Criminal (Common)

Race

Elf

Racial Bonuses

+30% Intelligence +20% Dexterity

Primary Affinity

Dark: 90%

Primary Affinity*

Light: 90%

Tertiary Affinity

Blood: 83%

Strength

13

Dexterity

20 (+3 racial bonus)

Agility

15

Intelligence

12 (+3 racial bonus)

Willpower

12

Endurance

10

Skills Developed

N/A

“Prove my worth, huh? That might be tricky as is” Sin’Albin laughed. Sin’Albin was a pale elf, with pointed ears, and short, spiked white hair. He stood at 5 ft 11 and was far more muscular than the average elf. He wore a striped bight green and orange onesie, and had chains on each of his limbs.

“Well I think I might need some help before I can ‘prove my worth’” Sin’Albin said with laughter in his eyes. No sooner than he said this, yet another screen appeared in front of him

The first portion of this tutorial will be a section where you can ask questions. Your Pantheon had elected to introduce RPG’s into each of your worlds to prepare you for this day, however some of you may be confused, whether because you didn’t play any of these games, or because you are unsure of the specifics of the Ascension System. Therefore, you may ask three questions of the System before beginning the second portion of the tutorial

“Huh ok, how do I get these chains off me?” Sin’Albin said

Don’t worry about it

“WHAT?!?!” Sin’Albin yelled into the nothingness “That’s a load of bullfrog”

After about a minute of incessant screaming, he finally calmed down enough to ask his second question

“Ok fine, can you at least tell me how Classes and Levels work? I still don’t fully understand”

Classes will give you bonuses based upon your level, accomplishing feats will grant titles, which unlock classes. You may only have one class of each rarity active and may only change each rarity once every divine year, or once every 48 of your years (this only applies to classes beside your common class, your common class is subject to change only by your actions). Each rarity gives benefits at different levels. Your common class will give a benefit after every level, your uncommon class (should you obtain one) will give you a benefit after unlocking, and a benefit for every two levels, however your uncommon benefits will be at least twice as good as your common class benefits. A rare class will give a benefit about 5 times that of your common class every 4 levels. Levels may be obtained one of two ways, either through killing, or through crafting. You must have a common class related to crafting in order to level that way however. Each level will give a single status point per class to increase whichever stat you desire by an equivalent number. All benefits are retroactive, if you gain an uncommon class at level 5, you will gain the two benefits you missed from levels 3 and 5 as well as 5 status points.

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“Huh… well I guess I’ll be stuck with the criminal class for a while then.” Sin’Albin thought aloud

Having calmed down from his fit over the first question, Sin’Albin thought deeply about his third question before finally deciding on what to ask

“What are affinities and why do they matter?”

Affinities are important because they determine your class benefits, as well as determining how strong your skills are. A Criminal with a blood affinity might gain a skill that makes someone who gets stabbed by them bleed slightly more than usual at level 2, whereas a Criminal with a fire affinity might gain a skill that causes more pain to a target when the target is stabbed at level 2. You might get a choice for some of your class benefits for each of your affinities while others may be decided for you. The more compatible your class is with your affinities and skills the stronger you will be.

“Huh, well I think that Criminal covers my dark and blood affinities pretty well but I don’t know how I could find a class that covers both my dark and light affinity, maybe I could get a class specifically for my light affinity?” Sin’Albin pondered aloud, trying to understand how he could become the strongest person in Alfheimr, home of the elves.

Now beginning the second portion of the tutorial. You will be faced with an escalating numbers of monsters and will be able to level. If you die. You will be revived but will lose your chance to continue leveling in the tutorial, and will be fast tracked to the third portion of the tutorial

At the same time the message appeared, the chains restricting Sin’Albin’s movement disappeared. They were replaced with leather armor and two daggers. One of the daggers had a blade the length of his forearm, while the other had a blade with a length about the same as his hand.

Do you wish for different weapons/armor?

“Nope,” Sin’Albin said smiling as he began to stretch “I don’t know where you got such a great replica of my original armaments but I like it”

Round 1: one Common Level 1 monster

A squirrel the size of a toddler appeared in front of Sin’Albin. They both froze for a second before the squirrel pounced at Sin’Albin in a flurry of claw attacks. Sin’Albin merely sidestepped the pounce and stabbed with his long dagger, hitting the squirrel in the heart and killing it immediately. After it died the squirrel disappeared into white motes of light that slowly floated upwards.

“Well that was easy, I wonder what’s next?”

Ten seconds later a second notification appeared

Round 2: one Uncommon Level 1 monster

Another squirrel the same size as the first appeared. The only difference between this one and the last one was the white streaks in its fur. The squirrel used the same tactic as the first as well and pounced straight at Sin’Albin. Sin’Albin performed another sidestep and stab, only to watch as the squirrel somehow jumped in midair and changed direction to land a scratch on his arm. “Huh… well this could get interesting”

He said as he threw his smaller dagger just as the squirrel landed behind him, managing to land a fatal blow with the throw. “Well this could get tricky” Sin’Albin said as he grabbed his thrown dagger and prepared himself for round 3 “but I can’t afford to not put on a good showing for the Gods.”

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Lucipher looked at the screens showing the Alfheimr candidates in thoughtful contemplation, an expression that was unusual for his character

“Having a hard time choosing between the two, huh?” Jarvos, God of Fire said.

“Huh?” Lucipher said, “Oh no, I was merely thinking of the poor halfling last round, if he had been a rogue type instead of a mage I might’ve picked him.”

Archimedes snorted “That halfling will never amount to anything, mark my words, I for one am glad that none of you made a poor decision to choose him.”

Jarvos shrugged and said “We will see how right or wrong you are in the future, however I do wonder which of the two candidates you will choose, both of them have high rogue potential.”

Lucipher let out a little laugh and said “look at the boy’s affinities, I might take some long odds, but dual opposing affinities is nearly impossible to get right, I know of few gods who’ve made it to that level without some synergy between each of their affinities.”

“Huh,” Jarvos said “I hadn’t noticed that, I guess he might not be able to grow, certainly not at the rate we need them too. It’s the same as that timid halfling, they might grow but we need them to grow moderately fast as well. That would be long odds indeed”

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On the outskirts of the Pantheon’s 7 worlds lay an unassuming coffin surrounded by 6 mummified corpses. The coffin lid slowly opened to reveal a man with spectacularly average features. He had slightly pointed ears, canines that were slightly more pointed than the average human, and had what almost looked like a mane of pure black hair.

He wore leather armor that was dyed a dark grey, and on his breastplate was the symbol of an owl. After a few seconds his eyes opened, revealing eyes that were a solid silver, and he let out a loud gasp, clutching his chest. After a few deep breaths, the man sat up so fast that it appeared he teleported into a seated position.

With a rush of wind the man appeared in front of each of the corpse, saying a few words in a dry, cracked voice, as if the man hadn’t spoken for several years. After whispering to the last corpse he stood up, wiping tears from his eyes and said “The Gods will pay for those Accords”. The man then closed his eyes to access the system, and begin his search for those who were truly worthy.