“I know the class that I want to choose.” said George.
“Great, which one is it?” asked Asclepius.
“ I think I will be choosing to become a dwarf.” said George.
“Interesting choice. May I ask why?” said Asclepius.
“Of course. Although I do not yet know the classes that I can choose from are. I know that the dwarves have the best starting stats. So, no matter what class I go with I will always have at least decent starting stats. I was think about going for a close up fighter or something similar to that build. So that is why I choose dwarf since they seem decent in that regard.” said George.
“That is valid reason as to why you choose that class. It is better than some that I have heard today. I happy that you thought the choice in a wise way to ensure that you did not wish to it change along the road.” said Asclepius.
“You should know that just because this is your current race does not mean it will always be your race. A person’s race evolves a person does. You could start as a dwarf but end up as a vampire or any other thing that was either forced on you or you natural evolved into.” said Asclepius.
“So my race will change based up what exactly?” asked George while he looked around the office trying to see if any book were labeled as race evolving.
“Your race could change due to numerous things. You could be forceable changed by a ritual or even be changed based on what you do for a living. Not even the gods know how race evolutions work. Since one method could one on someone but not work on anyone else. So as much as I would like to help you out in that regard. I am sad to say that I am neither allowed to nor do I have the information into what you would evolve to.” Asclepius said as he snapped his fingers. One second the books were on the shelves but the next, they were gone and that remained was dust.
“Those are no use to you. Those books are all medical related and race evolution, while studied, is not within my realm as a god. So, you like everyone else, will be forced to figure out how to evolve from their base race.” said Asclepius. Just as Asclepius finished saying the last word of his sentence, a several lines of text appeared before George.
Race selected: Dwarf
Appearance changing based on race…
George felt like he was shrinking, and his body was getting more muscular. If George were to have been sitting in front of a mirror he would have seen that his body had contracted into a short but stocky young dwarf. His chest was wide, almost twice what it once was. His arms became thick with almost the width of a small tree trunk. However, the greatest thing that change was not on the rest of his body but his face. On his face grew a great beard that was thick and full of dark brown hair. For this was what his dwarven body would look like if he was a dwarf on Earth.
Appearance change and locked in.
Stats changed and are now reflected on character sheet.
Please select class to move onto the tutorial.
“All better now boy. You are finally changed into your new race. This choice is final and can not be changed for now.” said Asclepius.
“Why do I have a beard?!?!” asked George or maybe yelled would be a better way to describe the amount of panic that he was going through.
“All dwarves have beards and it is against their religion to every cut a dwarfs beard. So, you now have a beard to insure you fit into the society.” said Asclepius. “How about you drink some tea and biscuits before moving onto the history lesson of character creation?” As if it was planned, a tray of tea and biscuits appear out of nowhere.
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After a few long minute George final calmed down enough to enjoy the lovely tea and biscuits. This was a really shock to George because he never really wanted to have something grow on his face. He always thought beards look kind of nasty with the way it would collect food and it was a pain to wash it all out. He also did not think his parents would have approved of him having a beard now. But, it did not matter anymore since his parents would not be in the same area that he was in. Since a person starting area was based on where the facility the person went under at on rather than having a person choose it.
“So, why do I learn about history of the world in the character creator of all places?” George asked as he chewed on the delicious biscuit.
“Some history is need to be covered, as it relates to the world at large. You will learn about local history when you enter the main area.” informed Asclepius.
“So, it is more of an overview of the entire history of this Universe?” said George.
“Yes and no, you will learn about how the world started and how mana can about.” said Asclepius.
“I think you have lost me again. I will just wait till you get on to the history part so I understand what exactly I am getting my self into.” said George.
After a few more minutes of eating and drinking, George was finally full and ready to move onto the next part of the character creation.
“Okay for the next part, you will see the beginning of the Universe and how mana was first used by mankind.” As Asclepius said this the office was no more and they were standing, maybe floating, in a black void.
“This is where everything began and where it will also end.” said Asclepius as a bright light went of in the void, filling the entire area with life. “This was the first time mana was seen. That explosion, if you can call it that, came from nothing and it became something. It is always good to remember this moment. For with light, darkness comes. But without light or dark, neither would have any meaning.” After a few moments the darkness returned to the area, as if the light had never came in the first place.
“It is time to see the birth of the stars. The markers in the dark, leading and guiding those few wanderers to them.” As Asclepius said this lights started to appear in the void as if they were lighthouse guiding those lost in a sea of darkness. “Now, it is time for our world’s star to begin.” Asclepius said as we moved to a new light that had appeared in the distance.
Coming closer to the light, George saw that it was a bright yellow star and had nine planets surrounding it. “This is our solar system. No two systems are the same each is unique in a way. For ours it is the fact we have two potential life baring planets.” Asclepius then zoomed into the two planets that were colorful. But as time passed George started to notice that one planet started to lose the color that made it unique in this solar system. But, that was not all. Off to left of the dying planet he saw a white streak coming towards the other planet. As time went on, George saw that it was a giant rock the size of a small moon. At that moment he knew that life on the other planet was about to end.
“This is a good lesson to remember boy, all life is fragile. One instant it is thriving and the next it is dead.” said the old man somberly. “Yet, one should always remember that life will always find a way.” Just before the end of the planet was near, the rock broke up into a million piece each the size of a truck. But, this did not save the fledgling planet from the mighty power of the Universe. The planet went up in flames as the world burned.
Once again time sped up, the young world slowly recovered from that mighty beast. The world turned green once more. As time slowly advanced they slowly zoomed into the only planet left in the solar system with life, George saw humans moving around and hunting. Then as if it was it was guide by someone. The humans started to build cities. But with cities came war and greed. George saw empires rise and fall. Great battles were fought over land and sea. He saw humans cross a great land bridge and colonize the world. But, with success came the chance for death. A great plague ravaged the world and the land bridge that was used for trading ceased to excised being swallowed up by the earth. But as always life found a way, the humans race recovers from each disaster. Humans continued to grow and thrive covering the entire world in their wake. But then the time stopped on a day in the 21st century.
“This is the beginning of the human race. We were native back then thinking we were the only race in the galaxy. If only we knew better, if only we prepared.” said Asclepius soberly and a quite tear rolling down his cheek. Just as Asclepius said this, George saw that the world stopped at the same time and had the same far away look in their eyes as if they were reading a prompt like he had.
“An unknown race created a system that used the mana that is around us. This is the day that system was integrated with Earth. This is the day that changed the fate of everyone on this planet. A day that human history would wish to forget.” The world once again sped up, George saw monsters spawn in the middle of parks and cities. Billions of people died in the first year the system was around. Yet with the death of so many, he saw 10,000 heroes rise from the ashes and pushed the back the tide of monsters. This was the day that the adventurer society was born. Humans on planet Earth now lived in great cities with wall on each side. But, just as the monster were dealt with and the humans slowly came out of the cities. That was when they came.
George saw a five great portal rise from the earth. He saw thousands upon thousands of huge lizard like beings walking out of the portals. “This was the species that created the system. They used it to find planets with life to enslave them and put them under their control. The heroes were there to push them back to their home world. But this came at a price, thousands of heroes were slain. By the end of the war, most of humanity was wiped out, everyone that was left lost family, friends, and loved ones.” Asclepius once again let out a quiet tear. “During the war, many planets were destroyed. So humans allowed the newly freed slaves to come to Earth and help with the rebuilding effort. We have lost most of our technology at this point so it was like living in the medieval times but with magic. The thousand heroes that were left signed a peace treaty, enforced by the very system they created. The treaty said that neither speices would attack one another for two thousand year. After the war, the heroes returned home to find out they were worshiped by the people they freed and protected. This is how the gods became gods. We evolved from being human to something else.” While Asclepius was talking, he saw multiple worlds burn of all different colors and sizes. The battles that were fought were brutal and the aftermath of the war was even worse. All races agreed that they would stick to their home planets, if they had one left to go too. The rest of the races gathered on Earth, a battle ground like no other. Ever where that they looked they found bodies and the ground was scarred, new mountains and rivers were formed. But, life has a way.
The races all took a chunk of land to rebuild on. As time advance each race slowly recovered, however, with recovery came war. The races constantly fought and the gods, tired of the wars and the destruction it brings, left the world into the hands of their mortal breathe. But, the time of the gods has return yet again. As the peace treaty that was sign only has a few years left. This time, the gods old and unwilling to fight again called fourth the new immortal adventurers. To fight a battle that may already be lost.
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Asclepius allow George a few minutes to recover after their history lesson. George having experienced an outside perspective of the war and battles that were fought did not understand why the gods would leave the planet to fight this battle on their own.
“Why are you leaving this in our hands?” ask George.
“The time of heroes is long past. We fought and struggled for the races that live in that world. But, you saw how they repaid us. They fought war in our name. They killed in our name. Why should the rest of us die for a people that do not care for our whims. We asked for peace but instead we got war in our homes. We do not owe the people on that planet anything. Yet, we still called you adventurers to stop the enemy that will come.” Asclepius passionately said. The way he said it left no room or disagreement.
“You act as though you could have not stopped the wars on the planet.” said George.
“Peace, is all we asked for. Yet, no matter what action we took someone would always start fighting again.” Asclepius said in a defeated tone. They were both quiet for a few minutes while George thought about Asclepius words and how he might feel if someone he cared about died to defend a population that did not care at all. So, George thought it best to not bring back up the topic again.
“So, onto the last choice and thing that you must get done here. It is time for you to choose your class.” said Asclepius.
“What classes do I have to choose from?” asked George.
“Let us see. You have six classes to choose from. Four common, the ones everyone gets, which are: warrior, healer, mage, ranger. Then you have one rare: knight. Then one last one which is epic: guard. Those are the option that you can choose from.” said Asclepius.
“What are the rarities and what do they mean?” asked George.
“There are six rarities: common, uncommon, rare, epic, legendary, and artifact. For classes they mean the amount of skills that they get at the start and better starting stats. So, common and uncommon both start with one skill but there is a slight increase in uncommon classes. Then you have rare which will have you better overall stats and two skills. Then epic which will give you even better starting stats and three skills. Finally you legendary and artifact which will have you four skills and has the best chance at getting better starting stats.” said Asclepius.
‘Okay, so I better start at the bottom and work my way up .’ George was think to himself before selecting warrior and waiting for the prompt to come up.
Warrior
A warrior is the most basic form of fighter in this world.
* +2 Vitality Per Level
* +3 Free Stat Points Per Level
* Unlocks the Warrior Skill Tree
* All Class Experience come from fighting
Forceful Swing
You swing your weapon a little harder
Level: 1
Cooldown: 20 seconds
Stamina Cost: 10 Stamina
Mana Cost: N/A
Resources: N/A
Requirement: Any melee weapon
Damage: Adds 1 – 4 Slashing Damage
So a class that is pretty much like any other base warrior class. It does okay damage and it give free stat points. I would if all the classes will get skill trees. On to the next one, ‘Healer’.
Healer
A healer is the basic field medic in this world.
* +2 Intelligence Per Level
* +3 Free Stat Point Per Level
* Unlocks the Healer Skill Tree
* All Class Experience Comes From Healing
Lay Hands On
The most basic healing spell there is.
Level: 1
Cooldown: 10 seconds
Stamina Cost: N/A
Mana Cost: 10 Mana
Resources: N/A
Requirement: Hands on intend person
Damage: Adds 1 – 4 Health Per Second For 60 Seconds
Note: Hands must be on recipient for the entire 60 seconds for full effect.
So, that pretty much confirms it. I will have to ask what a skill tree is after I have gone though each class. So, I guess all common class are going to be the same plus two to one stat and three free stat points. On to the next one, ‘Mage’.
Mage
The most basic spell casting class in the world.
* +2 Wisdom Per Level
* +3 Free Stat Points Per Level
* Unlocks the Mage Skill Tree
* All Class Experience Comes From Using Spell in Combat
* Fireball Explosion
A basic attack spell.
Level: 1
Cooldown: 10 seconds
Stamina Cost: N/A
Mana Cost: 15 Mana
Resources: N/A
Requirement: Wand or Staff
Damage: Adds 4 fire damage if with in X meters.
X: level of spell
This is the first one that I see that has a variable in it. So maybe the damage also increases with each level. I will have to see what happens when I level up my first class. On to the next one, ‘Ranger’.
Ranger
The most basic ranged class.
* +2 Perception Each Level
* +3 Free Stat Points Per Level
* Unlock Ranger Skill Tree
* Unlocks Perception Stat
* All Class Experience Comes From Range Weapons
Two Shots
Fires two ranged projectiles at enemies.
Level: 1
Cooldown: 10 seconds
Stamina Cost: 10 Stamina
Mana Cost: N/A
Resources: N/A
Requirement: Any melee weapon
Damage: Adds 1 – 4 Piercing Damage
That is all the basic classes. I can’t say that anyone those are bad. They are all at least decent in some way. I supposed that if I don’t like the last two then I can always go for the basic classes. So on to the next class, ‘Knight’.
Knight
Rank: Rare
The guardian of the kingdom. A knight is a person that fights for the honor of kingdom in battle. Many wish to become knight be few are able to see it past the training that is required. You are able to get a head start on becoming the a knight be having a few of the skills that are needed already unlocked.
* +3 Endurance Per Level
* +3 Vitality Per Level
* +3 Free Stat Points Per Level
* Unlocks the Knights Skill Tree
* All Class Experience Comes From Defeating Enemies
Forceful Swing
You swing your weapon a little harder
Level: 1
Cooldown: 20 seconds
Stamina Cost: 10 Stamina
Mana Cost: N/A
Resources: N/A
Requirement: Any melee weapon
Damage: Adds 1 – 4 Slashing Damage
Yell Of A Warrior
You yell as loud as you can, causing an to attack you instead of an ally.
Level: 1
Cooldown: 10 seconds
Stamina Cost: 10 Stamina
Mana Cost: 5 Mana
Resources: N/A
Requirement: Must be an insult.
Damage: N/A
Wow, I can see why you would want to go for a higher rarity class. A person will get 4 more stat points than a person that just has a normal class. I can wait to see what a epic rank class will get you, ‘Guard’.
Guard
Rank: Epic
Guards are the backbone of the kingdom. Guards are always the ones to defend their homes to their last breath. A guard lone guard should be fear if they are attack home. But no one should ever challenge a guard in a squad.
* +2 Endurance Per Level
* +2 Perception Per Level
* +4 Vitality Per Level
* +3 Free Stat Point Per Level
* Unlocks perception stat and the Guard Skill Tree
* Gains Experience From Doing the Duties of a Guard and Keeping Order
Forceful Swing
You swing your weapon a little harder
Level: 1
Cooldown: 20 seconds
Stamina Cost: 10 Stamina
Mana Cost: N/A
Resources: N/A
Requirement: Any melee weapon
Damage: Adds 1 – 4 Slashing Damage
On The Job
A passive skill that allows that give bonus to a person based on ally count.
Level: 1
Effect 1: At least 2 Allies: +1 Vitality Per Ally
Effect 2: At least 6 Allies: +4 Endurance
Effect 3: At least 10 Allies: +1 Wisdom, +1 Intelligence
Note: This bonus is only limited to being in effect if a person is defending a property.
Last Stand
A guard that is about to die but has not fallen yet. Will automatically activate this skill. This skill gives a bonus to stats and will be leveled based on class level ups.
Level: 1
Duration: 30 seconds
Effect 1: +10 Endurance
Effect 2: +10 Damage
Note: Can only use ability while defending a person or property.
Now that is a good class. However, it does have some down sides to it since it will only go into effect if you are not the attacker. But, it does fit the style that I want to play as. I am a more sit back and defend rather than the attack until the problem goes away kind of dwarf. Before I forget, I should as what a skill tree is.
“Hey Asclepius, what exactly is a skill tree?” asked George.
“A skill tree is how you evolve classes. By earning class experience you are earning the things needed to upgrade your class. Have you figure out which class you wish to go with yet?” said Asclepius.
“Yes, I think I do.” said George.
“Really which class are you going with?” asked Asclepius again.
“I will be choosing to be going with Guard.” said George.
“The least popular rare class. May I ask why you are choosing that class?” asked Asclepius.
“Yes, you can ask. I am going with this class, not because of the benefits of the class but for what the class represents. It represents more than a lazy person guarding the gate. It represents a person ability to defend what matter most, the people. While adventurers get all the glory for clearing out the forest of monsters. I will be dealing with the monsters that hide in plain sight. The ones that no one cares about since it wont bring them glory or fame. That I why I will become the Immortal Guard to save lives by killing and defending those that are lurking in side a person’s home.” said George.
“I hope that attitude and pride makes it though bootca-cough- I mean the tutorial. Well, it was nice meeting you. I hope you enjoy your time in game!” said Asclepius having a weird coughing fit in the middle. ‘I wonder what that is about’ George thought before a lot of prompt filled up his vision.
Class Selected: Guard (Epic)
Updating Stats in Character Sheet…
Unlocking Character Sheet
Character Creation Status: Complete
Transporting Player to Tutorial
Teleporting…