It's 9:55 p.m., only five minutes before I can connect to “Dragon's lair”. I'm adjusting the last parameters on my helmet. I hear a beep coming from it, that means I can finally connect. I turn on the helmet by pressing a bottom in the back. Everything turns white, suddenly, a room begins to materialize, it's a small room with a big rounded mirror, a table with a book and a man seated in a chair on the other side of the room, he's looking at me, it feels weird because I can't see his heart.
“Hello, you are in the customization room, here you can choose your name, class and appearance.”
“Hi, how can I do that?”
“You can select your name and class in that book over there and the only thing you have to do in order to change your appearance is to imagine the changes as you look at the mirror, there is a limit to how much you can change your appearance though. You can change your class later but you only have one chance to change your appearance.”
“thanks.”
If I'm not wrong you can only change your appearance up to 10% from the original. I think I prefer going with my original appearance. I'll also use my real name; It would be weird if someone called me by another name.
I walk up to the book, it's quite thick. The classes are:
-Fighter
-Bard
-Warlock
-Sorcerer
-Cleric
-Rogue
-Monk
-Paladin
There's a lot of information about each class, but in essence the only change that comes from the different classes is the equipment, weapons and abilities you can use, there are also some small changes in how you can use abilities. You could change your class in the future but you would lose all of your learned abilities.
There are some things I learned from internet before playing. There seems to be two types of energy, “mana” and “fury”, mana is used by the bards, warlocks, sorcerers and clerics, Fury is used by fighters, rogues, monks and paladins. Both are forms of energy but the way they are used is different, mana is used by chanting and fury is used by moving it around your body.
The class I'll use will be monk, it’s a class that specializes on strengthening your body using fury and fighting without weapons. It's a simple class and I like hitting things with my hands so it's my first choice.
I selected monk, wrote my name and left the book in the table.
“Hey I'm finished.”
“Well done, I wish you luck in your journey.”
The room disappears into little specks of light. A big hall begins materializing in front of me. there's a lot of people fighting against some big training dummies. They are using all kinds of attacks, from swords to what seems like fire magic.
“Hello, I'm Rudy, the monk trainer.”
I turn around just to see a bald muscular man, I can't see his heart either. Maybe is because they are NPCs.
“Hi, I'm Chrys.”
“Well, Chrys, I'll show you how to check your status, use your fury and some basic abilities. Fist think about the word “status”.”
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I imagine the word “status” and a screen appears in front of me.
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Name: Chrys
Race: Human
Class: Monk
Subclass: -
Level: 1 (0/100)
Fury: (100/100)
Bits: -
-
Stats:
-Constitution: 10
-Strength: 10
-Dexterity: 10
-Affinity: 10
-Harmony: 10
-
Equipment:
Helm: Beginner helm
Chest: Beginner chest armor
Pants: Beginner pants
Gloves: -
Boots: beginner boots
Rings: -
Amulet: -
Right hand: -
Left hand: -
-
Abilities:
Active:
-Blue hands(novice): 0% - 10 fury – cooldown: (0)
(activate to increase the defensive power of your hands by 10% for 15 minutes)
-Red hands(novice): 0% - 10 fury – cooldown: (0)
(activate to increase the offensive power of your hands by 10% for 15 minutes)
Passive:
-Body strengthening(novice): 0%
(You get the ability to use fury to strengthen your body)
-Handy dandy(novice): 0%
(When fighting unarmed you get 20% increment in strength)
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It’s a little confusing to see so much information at once but I guess I’ll get used to it.
“your status shows very important information so let me explain some of the parts that may confuse you. The race and subclass are things that you’ll learn later so let's begin with the stats.”
I see some black text appear in front of me.
-Constitution: It increases the toughness of your body; it even changes your internal organs.
-Strength: It increases the base power of your body.
-Dexterity: It increases your artificial dodge rate and the effectivity of stealth related abilities.
-Affinity: It increases the base power for any energy-based attack and decreases the energy cost of your abilities.
-Harmony: It increases the maximum quantity of energy in your body.
Each level, you’ll get 1 point to use in any stat of your choice, each 5 levels you’ll get 1 point to every stat and 2 extra points to use in the stat of your choice.
(Mana and Fury are both forms of energy)
“What is [artificial dodge rate]?”
“When your dexterity is higher than your opponent’s, there is a chance to automatically dodge his attack, the higher the difference, the higher the probability to dodge the attack.”
“So, I can’t dodge if I don’t have a high dexterity?”
“No, you can still dodge without dexterity if you are capable enough, you can see artificial dodge like an aimbot in an FPS game.”
“Got it.”
“The next thing is your equipment, good equipment will give you stats bonus and, in some cases, even abilities. You can do a lot with your equipment but you'll learn that later. Your abilities are quite the tricky thing and you’ll learn faster trying than listening to my explanation so let's go to the training dummies”
“Ok.”
I approach to one and prepare my body.
“Let's begin with body strengthening, try feeling some energy in your body, it should be where your heart is.”
I begin to concentrate in my body. Oh, I think I found it, there is something that feels like a warm liquid, it is in the center of my heart
“I think I feel it.”
“Now try moving it around, you should be able to spread It all over your body, if you do it, try to focus it in one part of your body.”
I do exactly what he says, when I spread it, my whole body feels brimming with power, when I try to send it to my hands, they feel full of power, right now I could destroy a wall easily with my bare hands, this could be addictive.
I take a step forward and punch the training dummy in the chest, its chest explodes with incredible force. It regenerates quickly though.
“It seems you got it, now try it with your active abilities, just think about activating any of them and they should activate on its own.”
I think about [Red hands] and I feel some of the energy in my heart disappearing as I begin feeling the extra power from the ability. I punch the dummy again and I confirm the increase in power.
“well, now that you’ve learn it, you can go outside. The person in front of the exit will give you a reward so talk to him before you exit this place.”
“Thanks.”