"So firstly our world is largely different from yours so many things you come across in Elswynd are vastly different. Our landscapes can be very different including our cultures etc."
"So now let’s start by connecting you to this worlds records. I will now begin the procedure by pressing my finger on where your forehead would be. This will not hurt and it will not take long so please bear with me." I could feel a gentle finger pressed on my forehead as some sort of light shock was transmitted to my soul.
"Now then think about the concept of something like a record of your yourself showing different attributes you have."
"I don’t think I can materialize thoughts… but here we go"
Suddenly a Screen popped up in front of me
Leon: Record
Race preset stats Personal stats from previous life/world Current stats Strenght 7 Strength 17 Strenght 23 Endurance 5 Endurance 15 Endurance 20 Vitality 6 Vitality 2 (due to race preset value this value has been decreased to 2 from 6) Vitality 8 Agility 6 Agility 14 Agility 20 Intelligence 7 Intelligence 11 Intelligence 18 Wisdom 6 Wisdom 20 Wisdom 26 Magical Attunement 1 Magical Attunement 0 Magical Attunement 1 Focus 5 Focus 20 Focus 25 Perception 5 Perception 14 Perception 19 Dexterity 7 Dexterity 14 Dexterity 21 Charisma 5 Charisma 10 CHarisma 15
"Wow this is an immersive and original dream"
The being ignored my statement and continued speaking.
"Now then let’s start the explanation. What you see in front of you is your personal record, this record contains basic information about you such as your name, race, titles, stats etc. We have also evaluated your wisdom strength ect from your previous life and converted them into this world’s stat values which will be merged with your status."
"This kind of stat transportation isn’t usually done but since your situation is a bit special we have done it by the order of the goddess."
"Alright then please continue."
"Now then I will begin explaining the contents of your record (status) screen and their functionalities. Now don’t worry as you will be able to see this information at will from the status screen yourself in a more simplified version after we have finished this tutorial. Now first il explain the stats to you."
Strength: Overall muscular strength. (Strength can be trained)
Endurance: Increases overall physical durability and the body’s resistance to Physical damage, also determines the amount of stamina one has.(Endurance can be trained)
Agility: Affects the body’s stretchability, speed and explosive power for example jumping. (Agility can be trained)
Dexterity: Effects nimbleness and reflexes (Can be trained)
Vitality: The scale in which one's body naturally regenerates from damage and other physical conditions also effect’s hp (Race bound. Only in rare cases is one able to raise Vitality)
Intelligence: (Slightly boosts Overall intelligence) increases the power of spells and the ability to manipulate spells and magic overall.
A high level of intelligence makes it easier to learn and decipher ancient languages. (Can be trained)
Wisdom: Slightly boost overall outlook and insight on situations). Wisdom increases one's mana pool and mana regeneration (Can be trained)
Magical Attunement: One’s ability to start manipulating mana to cast magic
Magical Attunement is the key to magic so if one has a Magical attunement level of 0 there is no possibility to wield mana so spell casting is impossible and Attunement cannot be raised. (Training hard )
Focus: Focus is needed for the proper execution of abilities and spells. Most low-level abilities and spells do not have a focus requirement. (Can be trained)
Perception: The ability to hear, sense and see things. Perception is a good stat for a bowman or even to the common thief. At a High-level one can see the mana trails others living beings leave behind. (Can be trained)
Charisma: Slightly effects actual charisma towards other people and animals.
Charisma is a stat that classes like bard need as many of their songs require to have a good charisma rating and it overall effects their songs power. (Can be trained)
"Also as you can see some of these stats say they can be “trained” the difference in training a stat and getting stat points to boost your stats is that training is a more effective way for training some of these stats like strength. Obviously, the higher you train the stat the harder it becomes to further advance it with training, At that point the best way to acquire more stat points is…."
"Are my stats strong?" I interrupted excitedly
"Well your stats are definitely good for a human but I wouldn’t say you are strong as you are right now. For example, the average strength of a swordsman wielding a Greatsword is around 20 and an apprentice mages intelligence usually rounds to above 20. So for a person like you who's been a soldier in his former would your stats aren’t really that surprising. Except your wisdom is quite good but I still wouldn’t refer to them as strong in my standards."
"Understood." I thought of asking what she meant about her standards but to be honest I just want to get this over with and wake up.
"Now then continuing on training is not the only way to increase stats, stats can also be gained from acquiring titles. itles are awarded from different actions and feats, for example, slaying a Fire elemental or having vast knowledge over many different species of plants. Titles are permanent and cannot be removed."
"There are also some more unorthodox ways to gain stats bonuses but that’s something you will have to find out about yourself. Also when you class levels up points are distributed to certain stats. Also leveling up your own personal level sometimes grants unused stat points which you may distribute to your stats by yourself though this does not include attunement, as attunement need universal stat points for raising its level."
"There are also stat points called universal stat points these are hard to come by and can be acquired from titles and some other things. The difference between universal stat points and normal stat points is that with universal stat points you can raise Vitality and Attunement while still being able to use them for other stats, and if you do so a stat like strength would gain 3points instead of 1.
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"Now then let’s see what class you are. Your class helps you with for example becoming a stronger Swordsman, though not having the class swordsman doesn’t mean you can’t become good with a sword it only majorly boost your progress as a swordsman and makes it easier to acquire sword orientated skills. Your class will be determined by your soul and race. Certain races have a higher chance to become a certain class, for example, an elf is more likely to become a Mage than a swordsman."
"Also you are not “bound” to the class of your choice there are ways one can receive a new class while still being able to use the abilities of the previous class/classes."
Acquiring class…….Druid
Class: Druid Gained spells: Lightning strike, Earth surge, Light heal Intelligence bonus +3 Wisdom bonus +5 Magical attunement bonus +3 Skill:Herb identification. Able to identify herbs and get information on them.
Trait: Nature’s ally. All wildlife are more welcoming to you and may even help you at times of distress. Grants the ability to talk to Nature spirits. (Bonus 1+ to all stats (Doesn’t affect mana and stamina) when fighting in areas such as forest and swamps and other nature areas)
A druid is able to use Storm, Earth, Water, Fire and Nature magic. At Higher levels, most druids choose to specialize in 2-3 of those magic types
Class Druid has been acquired Stat bonuses have now taken effect and all listed skills and trait have been granted....
"Interesting not many humans are able to become druids as their soul is usually not compatible with the ways of being a druid. It is quite rare for a human to be able to become a druid. The druid class is mostly a support class that isn’t really highly appreciated due to the fact that there are many other classes that are better at performing to jobs the Druid is meant for. it is like a jack of all trades magic caster in the mean that it can do many different things depending on how the user of the class wants to build the class."
"While it does have offensive spells at lower levels there is not a huge variety to choose from so their role is mainly to support others."
"Hmph shit luck I guess"
If I really was going to be reincarnated and this isn’t a dream being a druid probably isn’t good if I have limited offensive capabilities.
"Next we will be choosing a magic type for you. The type of magic one is able to use varies from person to person. Now I will be giving a selection to you off the types of magic your soul is compatible with."
Physical Strengthening magic
Spatial distortion magic magic
"Well that’s an awfully low amount of magic types," I said somewhat disappointedly.
"Hmm that sure is quite the low amount, but the fact that you have space magic available is quite uncommon although not rare amongst caster classes."
"What? is it some kind of strong magic!"
"Well it is extremely difficult to master, but I think you should go with it as physical strengthening isn’t that useful for a druid."
Said the being while not really answering my question.
"Yeah, I guess so.," I said as I previewed the Spatial distortion magic option
Spatial distortion magic Inventory (passive) Lower levitation Lower teleportation
Instantly when I saw the teleportation magic I concentrated on it to view what its does
Lower teleportation magic: This skill makes it possible to teleport small items from place to place in a 70 feet radius
-Hmm I thought that it would be something like that as it said “Lower”.
Levitation magic was pretty self-explanatory and as it said lower it was probably very similar to the teleportation magic, also the inventory magic was probably something like in games where I could store items in a sort of an inventory but still out of curiosity I checked its information.
Inventory magic (passive): Grants the user a passive magical inventory that can store a huge amount of items and things without any drawbacks (limit 2000 pound’s, scales with Space magic level)
"Yeah I'll be taking this," I said as I chose the Spatial distortion magic.
Spatial distortion magic acquired
Skills added
"Now then it’s time for your combat training."
As the being waved its hand a spider chained on the ground appeared about 10 foot away from me.
The spider was dark black and it had red stripes all over its body.
"Okay, I will now grant you the skill Identify creature so you can inspect that spider's record before attacking it. Simply think about “inspecting” the spider's record.
Skill Identify added
Slightly startled by the spider's sudden appearance I focused and tried to use the Inspect skill soon enough a small screen came up"
Cave spider Level 2 Info: A spider that dwells in dark caves waiting for its prey to ease up so it can jump on them and inject venom. Highest Stat Agility 10
"As you can see the skill shows you the targets Level, information and also its most relevant stat. It is also possible to see all targets stats when the user is above the level of the target if one chooses to do so,also if your target is way above your level almost no information can be seen. This skill cannot be used on other people through a person can show his stats to another at will."
"Now then try casting a lightning strike at it by focusing on the mana flowing inside your body and chanting the spell inside your head or verbally. You are probably not going to be able to cast the spell without chanting as that is rare amongst humans, but you are welcome to try it. Also as your attunement is so low pointing your hand at the target is a good way to use spells or any movements that would suit a spell as you attunement raises youl be able to simply flick your fingers to cast some spells. Or just chant them without any physical actions."
I focused on trying to feel something like mana in my body, as I was focusing a bar could be visible to me that showed my mana amount
Mana 1100/1100
I then tried chanting the spell Lightning strike in my head as I pointed my right hand at the spider, and soon enough a lightning shot out of my hand killing the spider instantly when it connected with its target
Exp rewarded (none due to the current state)
"Wow you were able to cast the spell with chantless casting that’s something you can be proud about you know. Also now that we know you can cast chantless spells you should know that not all spells can be cast without chanting verbally."
"Oh ok and thanks I guess."
I viewed my mana amount which had gone down to 1030/1100
"Killing monsters awards you exp, to your personal level and/or class level. The amount of experience rewarded is based on the type of monster you kill and what its level is. The exp you gain can be directed to different levels in your case you can decide how you distribute it amongst your Personal level, Druid level, and Space magic after you have left this introduction."
"An important thing about the xp system is that while personal xp needs a certain amount of xp per level and only shows the need xp per each level class levels and magic school levels xp “stack” always showing the total amount of xp accumulated and the remaining xp needed for the next level up."
"Monster are divided into Grades based on their levels
lvl 1-10 grade 1 lvl 11-20 grade 2 lvl 21-30 grade 3 lvl 31-50 grade 4 level 51-80 grade 5 there are a few more grades above but that isn’t really important knowledge for the time being.
An important thing to remember is that while fighting monsters the level of the creature you are fighting is not the only thing you should worry about. For example, a minotaur has way higher base stats then a goblin so a level 10 minotaur can easily fend off against 6 level 10 goblins"
"This is all I have to teach to you the rest is up to you to find out about on by yourself or by receiving help from someone."
"Now then your soul will be reborn to a 20-year-olds body all of your stats and choices you have made here will be transferred with you. Also when your body is created we will be taking in mind information from your previous record, which will affect your new body. For example, creating muscle memory of certain movements to your new body by taking in mind previous actions you have been able to do."
"Sooooo, am I able to choose a new race in which I will be reborn or do I have any say about my new body?"
"I'm sorry but you can’t customize your new body, also your soul isn’t compatible with any other race as you lived on earth where these races didn’t exist."
"Dammit……..I really wanted to be something like an elf even if this is a dream."
"Don’t worry I’m sure you will be somewhat pleased with your new human body and I assure you this isn’t a dream."
"Now then mortal it’s time for us to part our ways." The angel said as it disappeared from in front of me.