Race
Example: Human (+0.2 Strength, +0.2 Dexterity, +0.1 Constitution, +0.1 Energy, +0.1 Spirit Upon every level up)
Race can evolve after achieving max level.
Or one can instead replace race with class abandoning the evolutionary path with a systematic specialization.
Class
Example: Infantry Spearman (+0.1 Strength, +0.1 Dexterity, +0.1 Constitution Upon every level up)
Classes are easier to level up if performed actions are related to the class compare to leveling up one’s race levels.
Classes have qualities which is defined by rarity: Common, Uncommon, Rare, Arcane, Ancient, Legend.
Example: Infantry Spearman (Common)
And classes have stages: Beginner, Journeyman, Core (The core class does not have a level limit and it is the final stage, meaning one can no longer advance)
A Class can be change through Class advancement or by the help of a God.
Status
Strength: Strength of all aspect (From muscle, eyesight to energy reserves)
Dexterity: Dexterity of all aspect (From muscle reflex, Creativity to thinking process speed)
Constitution: Constitution of all aspect (From resistance, endurance, durability to Vitality and ability to contain energy reserve/stability)
Energy: Energy density and quality (From Power to Energy regeneration)
Spirit: All things that includes conscious ability such as energy sensitivity, concentration, memory bank, awareness. (At 0.7 one gain sixth sense, at 1 one can sense energy, at 10 one awaken spiritual sense)
Traits
Gained through special repeated actions or the way of living or doing beyond what is possible/expectant of the individual race.
The traits can be both negative and positive and it stay permanent unless a strong trait with similar type over writes it.
Example: Injured soul (Constant drain of energy, -30% spirit, -70% dexterity, - 45% strength, -15% constituation)
Skills
Mastery of a certain art or skill
Example: Human Anatomy (Understanding of Human body and its detailed function), Foundational Sword mastery (Understanding of how a sword can be used)
The skill levels up not through constant practice but through understanding of individuals.
The skills are like a Law, understanding it will receive approval from the system which comes with level ups where it will provide a more in-depth knowledge of the skill. (Skills can evolve after reaching its limits if they have the limit)
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‘These meanings are really vague’
Just by trying to figure out what each stats or skill truly means make his head spin a bit…
However, it is to be expected, after all these stats are used to measure the ‘reality’ not some game that is to be played.
In the first place he would truly like to figure out why even stats?
But trying to solved mysteries wont go any where when he have little to no information in the first place so he pushed down the desire to question every thing and instead resort to imprinting what it explains into the memory.
For now, he knows the general meaning of what is shown on his character sheet, he then decide to check out what the ‘Shop’ have to offer for him instead of tallying, especially when he subtly felt that the fog surrounding him seems to be slowly thinning.
‘It seems I have a limited amount of time’
Bringing out the desire to see what the shop could provide, the blue screen flickered again.
Fetial Son: 250 Karma
Gratitude From a sentience life form: 100 Karma
Gratitude From a sentience life form: 150 Karma
Gratitude From a partial-sentience life form: 5 Karma
Gratitude From a partial-sentience life form: 5 Karma
Gratitude From a partial-sentience life form: 10 Karma
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One Who Gained Awareness: 1000 Karma
Compensation: 1000 Karma
“What… Wait Karma?”
The screen without giving a chance for him to comprehend what just happen flickered again.
Race
Class
Traits
Skills
Tome
Balance: 2520
Soma, with the new-found knowledge, could not help but felt overwhelmed along with the foreboding feeling that stirred at the bottom of his heart.
‘What does ‘karma’ meant and why it would be used as some sort of currency.’
The only thing that he could infer is that, Karma is not Luck and it seems to be similar to karma mentioned in some of the Chinese fictional novels he had read.
As much as he would love to ponder and guess some truths behind it, noticing that the fog now seems visibly thinner, revealing a glimpse of what could only be describe as a black background, he had to yet again put down his uneasiness and urge to shout out and questioned all the weird and forebodingness that he could felt from this screen to the unknown entity.
‘What does it really matter? At worst I would die again…’
‘And is very likely that, he wouldn’t even respond...’
‘And I don’t even have a body to shout in the first place’
With the new-found calmness, Soma started commanding the blue screen to show what he could purchase from the shop.
Without wasting too much time on pondering he started to browse the shop and see what it has to offer
Race
Elves: 1800
Gnomes: 1000
Ferlin: 1000
High Elves: 5000
Drake: 10000
Globin: 500
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Class
Pugilist (Initiate): 500
Archer (Initiate): 350
Acolyte (Initiate): 800
Path Finder (Initiate): 400
Black smith (Initiate): 200
Adept (Initiate): 1200
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Traits
Perfect Recall: 1200
High IQ: 2000
Primal Instincts: 1000
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Skills
Sword mastery: 500
Weapon mastery: 500
Martial Arts: 2000
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Tome
Knowledge of Abyss: 6000
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Elemental spells: 9000
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Basic arrays: 1000
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Gnome House blue print: 10
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After browsing for a while Soma came to several conclusions
One is that traits and skills selections are those that could be gained in the world which he came from or what he has some knowledge of.
The race, class and tome provide selections, available in the supposed new world.
Selections are shown based on the amount that he had wish to use.
Logically speaking, the only way to gained proper advantages in his second life is through purchasing expensive classes or the most expensive race he could afford with the tome being the final option to choose from.
But…
There was an important selection that he had to purchase
It was from the trait selection and was he glad that he found it.
Trait: Reincarnated One (Preserves Memories and consciousness of past life) <1000>
It is a trait that he must have.
While, he did committed suicide because he no longer has the motive to live but that does not impply that he did not have a yearning.
And from the message that the mysterious entity, where he indicated that in this new world he would find his motive to live for.
To achieve it, he need to remain himself instead of being a new him…
“No matter whether this new me once would be me, he would no longer be me, and I would be basically non-existence”
Then Soma suddenly thought of a statement made by the entity.
One whose path denied, due to my selfish belief…
Soma could not help but connect the dots…
The Compensation, the Trait that if I did not select I would have my memories cleanse.
‘Was the entity, forced to give a second chance to me?’
With the new-found knowledge, the surrounding fogs no longer felt comforting but felt as if nibbling at his consciousness and chilling his soul.
‘This could still be a dream’
He tried to convince himself to calm the foreboding feeling that now boils in his heart.
However, he could feel his instinct shouting at him that what happening is in fact very real.
‘I need to make full use of this chance!’
Whichever entity he had offended doesn’t matter since he couldn’t do anything about it any way.
Instead he focused on purchasing things that will give great advantage in his second life.
Browsing through the race option, he was greeted with a problem.
With the remaining points available to him, he is can no longer purchase any race that will provide any significant advantage.
Race that cost below 1000 points are inferior to the race he currently is.
Even with races that cost more than 1000 points provide little advantages when compared to his current race as a human.
Race: Elves (+0.1 Strength, +0.3 Dexterity, +0.3 Constitution, +0.1 Energy, +0.2 Spirit upon every level up) <1800>
It is one of the humanoid races that actually provide decent advantages, but he could not afford it.
No even if he could he would not purchase it as the advantages in over all can be only counted as noticeable.
It is also because he does not have any idea of the relationships between the races especially with the human race.
While he does not mind killing, being enemy of once was his own race does make him a bit uncomfortable.
Which leaves the classes, which he does not have a shred of desire to purchase it so…
Being restricted to the way of the class, it would be no different than his past life…
Which had left him with the tome selection to provide a significant advantage in his new life.
However, before he makes any purchase from the tome selection, a purchasable selection from the skill category drew his attention.
Skill: Skill Creation (The user will be put into a neutral enlightenment where the user will create a skill based on the chosen enlightened knowledge) <1000>