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Chapter 2

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You have activated a shop card:

You gain access to the shop system, a place where you can spend your Character Points to buy items, bloodlines and skill cards. Be aware that the prices in the shop are generally higher than the price used to buy similar things from other players or markets.

You have completed the next step in your tutorial:

You receive 100 CP.

Please continue the tutorial by activating the inventory card.

This time he did not spend a lot of time looking at his new system, with one look he instantly realised that anything inside already cost more CP than he had available, so he went on with the next part of the tutorial.

You have activated an inventory card: You gain access to the inventory system, an infinite timeless storage space for your personal belongings. Anything can be stored inside but to take items back out requires CP. The amount required is equal to 1% of the price the item would have in the shop. There are other ways of storing items available but you will have to figure them out on your own.

You have completed the next step in your tutorial:

You receive 100 CP.

Please continue by using the skill card [beginner] given from the starter package.

You have activated a skill card [beginner]

You learn the skill Appraisal [beginner]

You can improve any of your skills by manually performing them to gain experience points. Skills can be used in an automatic mode to perform at the exact level of the players status, but it usually won't grant experience. 

You have completed the next step in your tutorial:

You receive 100 CP.

Please continue by training your newly gained appraisal skill to beginner level 2. You can inspect how to train a skill successfully by casting the appraisal skill on the correct words in your status window.

Well let's see how it goes then. Jason swiftly opened his status window once more and mentally shouted 'appraisal!' while focusing his attention on the name of the skill at the bottom of the screen. He also might have posed as a certain street fighter character performing a wave motion fist. God I hope nobody saw that. Ignoring his internal suffering the system prompt showed him the way to continue his tutorial.

Appraisal successful. 

Appraisal skill

 Allows the user to view the status screen of the appraised object or creature.

The amount of details that can be seen depends on skill level.

The chance for success is based on skill level, perception and the strength or value of the object or creature.

Skill is trained by successfully appraising objects, amount of experience depends on the chance of success.

After he finished reading this prompt Jason quickly looked away from the screen and started scanning his surroundings, looking for targets of appraisal to quickly increase his skill level. He was however surprised to find himself standing in the middle of a huge group of people, no creatures, who were all looking dazedly in front of themselves without paying attention to anyone else. There were not only humans here, but also other's such as people with bunny ears, green goblins, and one that looked a lot like a humanoid slime. His sudden surprise didn't seem to go unnoticed by everyone however, as he suddenly felt a heavy hand on his shoulder. He yelped in surprise and turned around to see a burly, brown haired man with a huge grin on his face. 

Before he could ask any questions the man gave a laugh, slapped him on the back a couple of times, knocking the breath out of his body, and introduced himself.

"Hey there kid, my name's Braum. I'm a highlander and I was stationed here by the gods this year to take care of the newbies. I can't answer any questions but I can tell you that you should try to finish your early tutorial as fast as you can and continue with the mission. Once you start that you should try to complete of much of it as possible without rushing though. That's all I can say for now, go on, hurry up and level up your appraisal skill somewhere."

After that the burly man walked away to a nearby hill where he went on to stand and look over the hundreds of people around him and came to the conclusion that none of them were going to be active until they finished their tutorial up to the part where they had to level up the appraisal skill. It seemed to be an unconcious manipulation of the system that kept them from getting distracted.

He decided to follow the burly man's advice and started using appraisal on whatever came to his eye.

Appraisal failed.

Appraisal failed.

Appraisal success. (+0.1%)

A blade of grass.

A simple blade of grass.

Can be used in alchemy and herbology.

Appraisal failed.

Appraisal success. (+0.2%)

A rock.

A simple piece of stone.

Can be used as a crude weapon for blunt damage.

Appraisal failed.

Appraisal failed.

Appraisal failed.

After appraising for a good 10 minutes his experience hadn't even increased by 10% and he was starting to get frustrated. Wasn't his perception supposed to be comparably high. Also there were more and more people starting to 'wake up' from their tutorial and they were all busy trying to appraise every little thing they could find after they experienced their welcome by the highlander.

He didn't know why but for some reason a sense of urgency had started to appear in him when he saw these people bustling about to complete their tutorial. Appraising whatever his gaze full on he entered a state of trance as he appraised the things and people around him. This kept on for a short while, when a fanfare of sound different from the usual system prompt pings rang in his ear. Bewildered he looked at the messages in front of him, and got surprised by what he read.

Appraisal success!

Name Braum Størmhold Grade SS

Lucky Strike! You successfully appraised a target far above your level and skill. Your appraisal skill experience was raised to 100%.

Your appraisal [beginner] level 1 has reached 100% experience. Your appraisal [beginner] became level 2.

You have completed the next step in your tutorial:

You receive 100 CP.

Please continue your tutorial by activating your mission card. Mission cards can be appraised to show the details of the mission.

You were the first person in your digit area to level your appraisal skill:

You gained the title 'Frontrunner'.

You gained 10 Exp.

Jason became ecstatic for a second, but quickly calmed down and took out his last card from the starter package.

You have activated a mission card [tutorial]:

You will be transferred to an alternate reality.

The mission is based on the following: Game, Pokémon Emerald

The amount of participants is: 1

The mission objective is: Defeat Wally

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For a second everything went black. Then light broke out once more and Jason found himself lying in a bed. He didn't really understand how this could all be real but based on what he had experienced since he woke up he was relatively certain that right now he woke up in a house in Littleroot town. The world was surprisingly realistic, considering his expectations when he found out he would be sent to a Pokémon world. He quickly thought of the mission card and a blue screen showed telling him of the details.

You have completed the next step in your tutorial:

You receive 100 CP.

Please continue your tutorial by completing your mission. Complete side-objectives to earn extra rewards.

Welcome to the Pokémon dimension.

This is one of the many alternate realities that was created along with the God's Playground, based on one of the many fantastical creations of your imagination.

You can visit any of the alternate realities by activating corresponding mission cards or visitation cards after you unlocked them.

The character you gain inside these realities is based on the mission card used to first enter it. After entering you can revisit with visitation cards that are attuned to the same dimension, or by finding another mission card. If new missions conflict with the existing identity of the player the system will create a situation to solve these conflicts before missions commence.

Generally players from God's Playground are granted the identy of passerby personages.

Identity Trainer from Littleroot        Reward Main objective Defeat Wally after he gets his first Pokémon 500 CP & 50 Exp Side objectives Defeat the main character Brendan 100 CP & 5 Exp   Defeat the rival May 100 CP & 5 Exp   Help Wally catch his first Pokémon 200 CP & 10 Exp

Well, here goes nothing. Time to show those main character types what a real Pokémon addict can do.

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Name Jason Brooks Affiliation None Age 20 Original race Human Level 1 Exp 10/100 CP 700 Grade G HP 120 Mana 320 HP regen 1.6/s Mana regen 2.4/s Stamina 100 Qi none Stamina regen 0.8/s Qi regen 0/s         Attributes   Affinities   Strength 13 Fire 1% Agility 9 Water 3% Endurance 12 Earth 2% Vitality 8 Air 4% Intelligence 16 Light 2% Wisdom 12 Darkness 2% Charisma 12 Lightning 2% Luck 10 Metal 1% Perception 6.5 Void 0%         Bloodlines Fusion percentage Origin Benefits         Skills Level Experience Grade Arithmatic 6 0.0% Master Running 8 0.0% Novice Cooking 4 0.0% Apprentice Handicraft 2 0.0% Novice Appraisal 2 0.0% Beginner          Titles Acquisition Effect   Frontrunner Be the first to make one of a group of achievements in your digit area. Any Exp gained from mission rewards is doubled.  

Appraisals:

Affiliation Name of the guild you are a part of. Creation of a guild requires a guild creation token and 1000 CP.

Level Current level within your grade, a certain level is required to improve your grade.

CP Character Points, used as general currency in the God's Playground.

Grade Evaluation of your overall ability on a scale from G to ZZZ

HP Health points, if these deplete to 0 you will die. Max value based on endurance.

Mana Resource used to cast magic spells. Intelligence improves mana pool size, wisdom increases standard mana regen.

Stamina Resource used whenever you perform a physically draining activity. Won't restore if your satiety is not at a proper level or if your body is not properly resting. Max value based on endurance.

Qi Resource used to improve cultivation skills, which have an effect on the physical attributes of the body.

Affinities Determines your talent in magic and resistance against elemental attributes.

Strength Determines the power of your body with 10 as the standard of an average goblin.

Agility Determines the speed and control of your body with 10 as the standard of an average goblin.

Endurance Determines the resilience of your body with 10 as the standard of an average goblin.

Vitality Determines the rate of regeneration of your body with 10 as the standard of an average goblin.

Intelligence Determines your overall intelligence and maximum mana pool with 10 as the standard of an average goblin.

Wisdom Determines the rate of regeneration of your Mana with 10 as the standard of an average goblin.

Charisma Determines the attractiveness of your body towards those of the opposite sex with 10 as the standard of an average goblin. Those of the same species have an increased effect.

Luck The new natural law created by the gods to determine how lucky you will be.

Perception Determines the ability to perceive your surroundings and influences your ability to learn and improve skills with 1 as the standard of an average goblin.

Bloodlines The abilities of your species based on your DNA. In God's Playground you can obtain and refine any bloodline in the universe through multiple methods.

Bloodline origin All bloodline's can be traced back to certain divinities or gods. The main origin of a bloodline is the goal for refining and upgrading it. 

Skills Any ability that has been practised to a certain level of attainment. Skills grade from level 1 to 10 and can be classified from beginner, novice, apprentice, master, grandmaster, profound.

Arithmatic

Allows the user to perform mental calculations. Automatic activation instantly provides the answer if the skill level is sufficient.

The degree of difficulty that can be successfully calculated depends on skill level.

Skill is trained by manually calculating at the limit of the current level.

Running

Allows the user to run at consistent high speed.

The maximum speed depends on skill level.

Skill is trained by running above the current limit for extended periods of time.

Cooking

Allows the user to create high quality dishes. Automatic activation makes a dish according to recipe up to the current standard.

The taste of the food can be improved depending on skill level.

Skill is trained by learning and cooking new recipes, successfully creating new dishes and improving knowledge of various spices.

Handicraft

Allows the user to perform various small craft tasks including repairs. Automatic activation instantly repairs if the skill level is sufficient. Automatic activation sends the user in a trance if used for creation of small crafts.

The level of the craft depends on skill level.

Skill is trained by manually doing handicraft at the limit of the current level.

Titles Granted for completing achievements. All titles have their own specific benefits for the owner.

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