You have died

The message hung in a sea of void that spoke like a beacon across a black eternal sea. I felt disembodied or more precisely I barely felt anything, the pain from my injuries, the headache from the sleep deprivation, the pressure from the floor I fell against, the weight of my lab coat, even the rhythm of my labored breathing and heart all were non-corporeal and silent. I was merely floating or stationary in a three dimensional sea of void with a beacon shining brightly right in front of him.

Reflexively I tried to move and after a vain few moments before I realized that I no longer had a body nor could he change focus on the floating blue message in directly to my front. After several moments of frustration and accessing this situation I despaired with nothing changed.

‘I have died’ I eventually acknowledge which help to put a perspective on things. Despite this I still felt reckless and on edge. I was trapped in a void. Was this really the after-life and did I deserve to be sent here instead of the pearly gate of St. Peter I was taught as a kid. I wallowed in grief and despair for a few minutes before the screen at the center of my new world refreshed.

Your efforts have cured 71 of the expiration forces. Due to strife and malnutrition 58 of these individual survived after six months of your death.

I signed thinking ‘at least some of the five hundred people that started this suicidal mission survived. I’m glad to know my life was worth something not that any insurance claim can help me now’ Moments later the table changed again.

Your outstanding achievement has earned you sagely skill {b} Conqueror of Pestilence {/b} and the opportunity to reincarnate into a new world [/td4]

Seven weeks after your death no humans or primate survived without receiving your cure. In your world approximately 1.3 % of the population had a meaning survival thanks to your work. Almost exclusively survivors were from developed nations.

‘What does this system mean? And a new life?’ I pondered as the message continued to glow in the endless sea of void. ‘It would be nice to be around some more competent people. Those soldier did there job pretty well if it wasn’t for the few bullet holes I received. At least that was better than the close to fifty world experts in microbiology were send on this mission. and I was the only one that could do basic lab work without technicians. I’m not sure if I should be angrier at the administration that selected them of near useless peer that followed me on that expedition.

You will be reborn into the world of Area a world of primitive civilization, cruelty, might and magic.Your past life achievements can be used of 1000 creation points on your rebirth. Think ‘Character Status’ to expend these points

Choose wisely and strive to develop a peaceful and benevolent civilization

The void-less screen provided some interesting information before finally providing some advice.

‘hmm a chance to build a civilization and maybe not spend a lifetime without a girlfriend’ Robert thought in response to the status message. ‘If it primitive basic technology and hygiene can help with food production and public hygiene to prevent two major killers; starvation and disease. I wonder what social grouping and government exist in this world. Maybe becoming a king would make it easier to implement changes.’ I spend several moments pondering what if scenarios after this last message before I realized I needed a lot more information to make any effective plan.

I was also feeling quite calm. Did I want to die? No but compared to the pain of having a piece of shrapnel in my leg and breathing through a bullet hole in my chest the lack of all pain or sensation made me feel calm ‘If it hurt that much to die I wonder what it would feel like to survive’ I though reflexively trying to shudder before realizing I had not body to do that. Mentally I signing clear my mind of these thought and before decided to proceed ahead.

‘Charter Status’

Status WindowName:?? (Change)Alignment:??Level:1Class:Hero SageRace:Auloniad (change)Gender:Female (change)-Health:Average (change)Health Regen:Daily (change)Mana:Average (Change)Mana Regen:Daily (Change)Stamina:Average (change)Stamina Regen:Daily (change)-Strength:Normal growth (change)Agility:Normal growth (change)Constitution:Normal growth (change)Intelligence:Normal growth (change)Wisdom:Normal growth (change)Charisma:Normal growth (change)Luck:Normal growth (change)-Attack:Normal (change)Defense:Normal (change)Physical ResistancesSlashing:Normal (change)Piercing:Normal (change)Crushing:Normal (change)Elemental ResistancesFire:Normal (change)Water:Normal (change)Wind:Normal (change)Earth:Normal (change)Light:Normal (change)Darkness:Normal (change)Elemental AffinityFire:Normal (change)Water:Normal (change)Wind:Normal (change)Earth:Normal (change)Light:Normal (change)Darkness:Normal (change)

SKILL LISTConqueror of Pestilence(info)Sage(change)Add newPending Normal (change)ABILITY and TRAITSAdd new

‘The info displayed reminded me of some old RPG games that I used to play as a high schooler. I paused to consider if the world would really be like an RPG or how fantasy and might be. ‘So I’m automatically a conqueror sage or what ever that means.’ I thought to myself. I momentarily focused on attribute growth rates follow by thinking about resistances and aptitude. In the old games used to play resistance could be trained but apatite was defined by birth or your characters creation. Keeping these thoughts in my mind I systematically focused on the changeable section in status screen while starting to think where I could spend these 1000 creation points.

NAMECurrently Defined by your parentsCustom First Name 10 PointsFull Name customization 100 points

‘Expensive and I’m not so vain to demand a specific name’ I though and skipped the first change icon.

RACEAuloniadOther Fay 200 pointsCustom Race 1000 points

‘So Auloniad I’m an auloniad’ I though thinking about other historical species that could inhabit Area. ‘Damm I think the nameless status god wants me to be a fairy in some shape.’ I commented only after realizing that Auloniad was a farriy species. ‘If it’s like then changing my race would just be a waste of potential’ After a few moments I start to accept the condition. As I thought ‘How hard could it be life as a fairy?’ I continued down the list.

GenderFemaleSexless 100 pointsMale 200 points

‘Why the fuck does this vague status god want me to be a woman’ I immediately thought looking at the option. Species are normally split 50/50 between genders why the cost is so high for anything different that female for this Auloniad species. I curse inwardly as I select the male option. ‘What ever else may occur I’m a man and I won’t spent to a second lifetime without getting laid’ After this mental decoration I though back to my past life constantly a loner and without an intimate female friends. What could I change to? After spending point on sex change to male a new window popped up.

Male Auloniad selectedAuloniad also called mountain and valley nymphs were an all female fey race but will now give rise to it first male of the species.

Male Traits now availableHormonesVirilityNormal (change) [td2]Normal (change)

‘What now I’m a male nymph?’ I smiled inwardly as I realized that I when I became an adult I would be getting laid often by most of my species. With the fantasy of a harem floating in my mind I examined the two Male traits.

HormonesAbility to signal male dominance and seduce femalesStrength of hormonesCycleCurrent NormalCurrent AnnualAbysmal (-20)Once a Decade {-20}Poor (-10)Biannual (-10)Normal (0)AnnualCharming (10)Quarterly (10)Seductive (20)Monthly (20)Incubus (40)Constant (40)

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VirilityThe ability to copulateLevelCurrent NormalAbysmal (-20)Poor (-10)Normal (0)Stud (10)Wild Stallion (20)Endless (40)

‘Sliders on how much of a man you are.’I thought briefly fantasizing about copulating with every nymph of my species. ‘Hm Virility may be important but let’s check the remained tabs. It also doesn’t make sense to develop an ability to mark my territory like some animals. If I’m the first male I likely won’t have a lot of competition within my race for a while.’ I dismissed the male option screens and mentally summon the original ‘character status’ screen from the void before focusing on the next section of options . Health, Mana and stamina displayed what I guess are absolute values or size of pool and the regeneration rate of those pools. ‘These values are different from attributes that Imply that they grow. Does that mean that the size of you pool is or maybe its affected by the level?’ I pondered trying to understand the implication of having a health/mana/stamina pool.

Health:Average (change)Health Regen:Daily (change)Mana:Average (Change)Mana Regen:Daily (Change)Stamina:Average (change)Stamina Regen:Daily (change)

ValueRegenerationLevelCurrent NormalCurrent DailyAbysmal (-20)Weekly{-10}Poor (-10)Daily (0)Normal (0)With rest (20)Above average (10)Constant hourly (40)Exceptional (20)Several minutes (80)Legendary (40)near instant (160)

‘I spent 200 points on being a male and the same amount can get me regeneration faster that a troll or near endless mana!’ I thought a little angry as the mild ridiculousness of this void and the character status. After thinking further the concept of regeneration was quite shocking especially when put on equivalent scales. Recovering from a marathon took just as long as recovering from near death by paper cuts, or losing a few liters of blood. ‘This new world would truly be different if these scales were the normal for health and stamina regeneration’ I concluded that advancing stamina recover would be needed just to function normally where at the same time could give one the regeneration of a hydra or caster with endless mana. I suspected that regeneration rate changes were rare to changes to aptitude for different pools of health, stamina and mana. ‘Maybe that increase to the regeneration rate is expensive’ I though realizing that while I was Hero Sage may be born into the world of Area slightly overpowered. I quickly dismissed that line of think also realizing that all speculations on how the world or Area work merely guesses until I was reincarnated and experience the world first hand. Noting that this section regeneration was creation point hungry but likely worth wile I summon the main ‘Charter Status’ and reviewed the next section.

Strenght:Normal growth (change)Agility:Normal growth (change)Constitution:Normal growth (change)Intelligence:Normal growth (change)Wisdom:Normal growth (change)Charisma:Normal growth (change)Luck:Normal growth (change)

The attributed all affecting only growth of a specific attribute.

Current growth rate NormalStatic (-60)Abysmal (-20)Poor (-10)Normal (0)Above Average (10)Exceptional (20)Adept/Genius (40)

There were seven basic statistics that was similar to old D&D RPG games. 240 creation points would get me top development potential for all of these attributes with the exception of luck. ‘While I don’t believe in luck these points are potential.’ I though realizing that an infant is always an infant but child development can make the different between jock and weakling. Points should be spent here with a focus on at least two attributes. ‘Strength and Constitution for a Tank, Strength and Dexterity for a DPS, Wisdom and Intelligent for both healer and mage Noting this section I the summoned the main window and selected the next adjustable section Physical and Elemental resistance these all had equal values for adjustment

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Current resistance Normal Fatal (-80)Weakness (-40)Vulnerable (-20)Normal (0)Small Resistance (40)Strong Resistance (120)Immunity (240)

‘With three physical resistances and six magical resistances it is impossible to be invincible. Resistance is extremely costly while selecting some weaknesses can free up some point it comes with a weakness. ‘A change to resistance is costly and I should only use it if I have excess point or am in critical need of more creation points.’ I summarized before I return to the main ‘Character Status’ again this time selecting next changeable section magic affinities.

Current NormalNon conductive (-10)Poor (-5)Normal (0)Good affinity (40)Strong affinity (80)Heroic affinity (160)Godly affinity (320)

Affinities were also extremely costly to improve. ‘This suggested that powerful mages may be rare in the world of Area. Spell effects are likely affected by intelligence wisdom and spell affinity.’ I summarized noting that expensive spending in Affinities may be worth it only after intelligence and wisdom development were maximized. ‘This could also mean the ease of channel certain types of mana. I wonder if having infinite mana or have better mana affinity would be more important?’ Keeping this in mind I returning to the ‘character status’ I then selected skills section of which there where two option improvement of my only existing skill and adding a new skill.

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Conqueror of Pestilence (info)Current SageParagon Ability20Demi God Ability120Godly Ability240

As for new skills the level of proficient was constant

SKILL PROFICIENCY Cost Novice-40Trainee-20Normal (default)/td2][td2] 0Adept40Mater60Grand Master80Sage100Paragon120Demi God Ability240Godly Ability360

‘Skill are normally trainable and the quality of the training show is this table can be extremely costly. However depending on the cost of the skill a Novice or apprentice level of competency may be creation point cheap or neutral. ‘I wonder if skills will be like in a game. And also why don’t I have more skills I’m the doctor that save mankind from extinction you think I would have some acknowledged level of competency. . . Or at least I use to be doesn’t anything in my past life count?’ Pondering this situation I acknowledged the information and focused on adding a new

New Skills Cost at normal prophecy Identification100Tailoring40Skinning40Tanning40Blacksmith40Armory40Weaponsmith40Repairing40Mining40Surveying40Glass blowing40Cooking40First Aid40Medical treatment40Surgery60Gathering40Farming40Animal husbandry40Animal Riding40Alchemy40Sword usage40Spear usage40Knife usage40Axe usage40Hammer usage40Staff usage40Throw weapon usage40Bow usage40Blowpipe usage40Cross Bow usage40Siege weapon usage60Net usage40Whip usage40Fire manipulation60Water manipulation60Earth manipulation60Wind manipulation60Light manipulation60Dark manipulation60Accounting40Acrobatics40Acting40Administration40Astronomy40Architecture40Shipwright40Biology40Chemistry40Physics40Geology40Herb lore40Forestry40Mathematics40Archeology40Philosophy40Body Control80Body Sense40Unarmed fighting40Camouflage40Hiding40Carpentry40Cartography40Climbing40Cryptography40Dancing40Fishing40Sailing40Seamanship40Swimming40Navigation40Housekeeping40Dancing40Footwork40Intimidation40Persuade40Negotiation40Jeweler40Leadership40Lip Reading40Silent movement40Lockpicking40Pickpocket40Masonry40Construction40Singing40Musical instruments40Musical Composition40Poetry40Poisons60Propaganda40Weak point analysis60Searching40Diving40Skating40Skiing40Sleight of hand40Speed-Reading40Book making40Tactics40Strategy40Theology40Theological rituals40Meteorology40Sculpting40

‘I guess that to be expected even on earth there were countless areas of expertise within a single discipline. Thinking about this list means that this it could be considered small or generalized. Well knowledge is knowledge and it looks like I can get most of these skills at the novice level for free. I’m still wondering on why I don’t have any skills but some free investigation couldn’t hurt. Let start with mathematics as a test even it this is a different universe that have different laws of physics mathematics is abstract construct that should not change.’ After thinking this I mentally select to add the skill of mathematics at the novice level.

Suddenly I was flooded with images and a surrounding and was back in a body. The sudden disappearance of the void and the feeling of gravity again left me shocked. Looking around I might be in a classroom but everything was hazy and out of focus except for the chalkboard in front of me. Reflexively I focus on the chalkboard as it was the only thing that was in focus in this environment. Strange characters were illustrated on the chalkboard that I have never seen before but I have memories of what the symbols mean as I counted. From these memories I recognize these symbols as number place holders and learn to count from one to twenty five.

After recognizing how to count to 25 with these new characters the content of the chalkboard changed. Now a new symbol was placed between the symbols for 1 and 1. Another symbol for two appears on the chalkboard when I suddenly realized that this was simple addition. Characters on the chalkboard started to change quicker as I was easily able to identify and calculate the single digit addition problems. ‘Wow these characters as so clunky compared to Arabic characters. Even roman numerals offered some recognizable integers. These memories continued as I then learned the symbol for subtraction and proceed though even more combination of one and two digit subtraction problems. After completing the last subtraction equation the surrounding suddenly disappeared and I was back in the void.

After reorienting myself to the lack of feeling of the void I reflected on what I have learned. ‘These skills are likely all memories of using the ability. Memories are then added to my bodiless mind. This means I keep all of my past life knowledge and can gain a lot of new memories. But what of the only skill I already learned’ Thinking this I focus the chanter screen and then skills. Mathematics was added to my skill list at the novice level with options to upgrade it but curiously it did not have a (info) tag on it like the Conqueror of Pestilence skill. Following a hunch I focus on the (info) tag.

I am whisked away from the void now in the body of a traveling monk with a straw hat a robe and a walking staff. I’m on a road that is approaching a quite village. ‘Everything is so much clearer with this skill compared to the novice mathematics’ I though as I tested a step now under gravity again be for relaxing after the step felt so natural I barely needed to think about it. Feeling relieve at this higher clarity of feeling one’s own body that is near identical in feeling to my old body I jump and stretch just to feel the feedback from my body. These familiar sensations and feelings fill me with feelings of joy and excitement. Smiling I break into a run to approach this mountain valley village.

The village is very primitive with flattened bare dirt as the main road and straw frame circular huts maybe two to three meters wide. Each has an open door that is covered by a few dried long fanned leaves that look similar to palm tree branches. Cleared field extent on either side of the village out to the sharp include of nearby mountain. Piles of stones likely cleared from the field are stacked into loose low walls that bank either side of a small creak that runs down the center of the valley. The staleness and lack of movement of this 40 or so hut village causes me to pause for a few minutes. Catching my breath from by brief run I focused on investigated and approached the nearest hut. Hearing muffled sounds of a few coughs a small movement I decide to push thru the leaves and enter the hut.

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Darkness clouds my vision and it take several seconds for my ears to adjust to the dark interior of the hut. Inside there are five people, a man, a woman and three children. There are all dressed extremely simple tunics that might be woven out of some plant or grass. The man and two of the children lay prone on top of a few layers of the palm tree-like branches. They all appeared to be sweating and breathing in short quick breaths ‘A high fever’ I immediately though before turning my attention to the woman and third child that where nearing at the sides of the hut. Near to each of them is a crude bucket. ‘Likely water and a rag used to ease the effects of the fever’. The woman and the child looked toward me with both fear and apprehension within their eyes.

I pointed to myself and started to say ‘I’m a healer, I can help’ but I was surprise that my voice and words made no sense to me. ‘Just it can’t be in English’. The woman and child seem to understand my gibberish and looked relieved as well as bow deeply toward me. ‘I can worry about languages latter I guess’ I remarked internally before moving to examine the ill man and children.

‘High fever, and swollen painful lymph nodes were found over most of the body. Looks like a systemic bacterial infection. Normal treatment would be antibiotic but how the hell am I going to find a pharmacy near this village. ‘ My previous knowledge allowed me to generalize the condition but the treatment I was aware of where unavailable. Feeling a urge to check the other huts I decided to examine the whole village. All the huts were similar to the first one. All were occupied by pair of adults and children, and sometimes some elderly. Each hut always had at least one sick person with the same fever. ‘I need know I need antibiotic but could I do anything else’ I thought and despaired briefly. The next hut I entered had a man with a more advanced stage of the disease. Small lessons or boils had appeared in several places of his skin. ‘gram negative plague’ I immediately thought and while I was pondering this discover my hand move by automatically toward one the skin lesion. My finger pick up some of the lesion puss and then applied it toward my own eye duct. ‘Inoculation by a partial attenuated bacteria sample!’ I immediately realized the significance of this action. Time immediately spend up as all village were also inoculated. Day and night passed by in was seemed like minutes as all villagers suffered from the fever with some of them dying. ‘In the end about 60% of the village survived the plague.’ I though just as I was whisked away from that body and village but surprisingly not back to the void but another body on another road approaching a different village now on a plain.

Compared to the first village there weren’t any surprises. I approached the village examined a sick person, formed a general idea of what the disease was before examining more sick people. ‘My prior knowledge really make this easy’ I thought as I roughly identifies the type of disease followed by applying some crude method to stimulate the immune system so mast people would survive.

This continued thru several dozen villages each with a different affliction sometimes with a few surprises or something new to learn. I was amazed by a crude method to grow bacterial cultures to produce antibiotic to solve one disease. A Several disease were both novel and exotic. I had a hard time classifying them with my knowledge spurring me to expand my classification hierarchy for both bacteria and viruses. This allowed me to learn about new diseases that likely came from the world of Area. While new diseases appeared the methods for treatment were normally simple and very intuitive. Examples included: Inoculating with a similar but weaker virus, producing crude by extremely effective antibiotic, using holistic method to improve natural resistance, eliminating reservoirs for the disease, and hosting bacteria with the body that fought the harmful diseases. All where rational and follow the disease paradigm that I was familiar with.

‘I now feel confident to treat any disease even without my lab’ I though before being whisked away to a new and different place. A solitary stone tower that resembled a simple keep was at the end of a paved road. Another difference in this memory or world was the able to see several faint but colorful ribbons floating though the air and beneath the earth. ‘This might be seeing mana’ I though briefly before entering the tower.

The tower interior was well lit by suspended baskets filled with brightly glowing blue crystals. I was greeted and talk briefly with what I assumed to be a mage in the language I knew nothing about. ‘It that what a person magic aura looked like?’ I though after I looked at the person that greeted me. A bright glow surrounded this mage with a blue tinge. The aura surrounded his body looked like an outline about an inch think about three inches away from his skin. As he turn and began walking toward some starts with me following I noted that the shape o his aura changed shape depending on his profile. ‘An aura must be thin and normally see thru straight on. I can likely only see it as a cross section.’ I concluded after examining my first person with this magic vision.

After reaching the second floor I was lead to a room with simple furniture, a bed, desk and night stand. In the bed a sick mage lay barely conscious and suffering from pain. A thick black aura radiated around one whole right arm while the rest of the aura was a red color. ‘Red is likely his natural aura where this black aura may be the cause of what’s wrong. Examining the sick mage I found nothing physically abnormal about his suggesting any typical disease. ‘If black is for dark magic does this mean he has a dark magic imbalance or disease in his right arm?’ immediately after think this my body places a wooden rod in the sick mages mouth before casting a flame spell directed at the right arm. Flames shot forward from my palm towards his right shoulder first. His clothing started to burn away but his skin stayed intact. His red aura on his body seemed to grow brighter as the black aura on the arm started to retreat toward his hand. After pushing the flame down the arm the black aura eventually fades completely leaving behind a red aura.

Following this I left and entered a new room this times someone with a white aura with the same black aura covering the left leg. Using a similar method but using a blinding ray of light the black aura was pushed out of the second sick mage’s aura. ‘This treatment is just reinforcing the natural aura of the body’ I thought. The scene rapidly sped up with me treating dozens with the black aura invading their body. ‘Without magic vision this aura imbalance would have been impossible to treat. I likely will need to select that perk if its available’ As I was sent away from that tower only to reappear at another similar structure. Over the next five encounters I summarized that can treat an magically inflicted person. Also this magic disease can only affect mages and people that have a different primary element for their aura.

The rest of the magic disease lessons were all similar. Cures were cured by infusing mana directly into a person aura until the curse was overcome. Channeling mana out of an aura allows the aura to return to a natural state in cases of overload or turbulence. Complex turbulence involves several mana types swirling within the natural aura requiring them to be extracted one at a time.

‘Treatment of magic diseases all focus on returning the aura to a normal state. Magic vision is critical for diagnosis often requiring close scrutiny to discover the issue with the aura. Treatment is always strait forward after determining the cause of aura imbalance.’ I summarized the key lesson I learned from the treatment of magic diseases. After that thought I was whisked away from the world once again but this time I returned to the void.

‘So that is a sage level skill’ I though reminiscing on the scope of the lesson I learned compared to the novice level skill. ‘Novice skill level might be like reading a detail instruction manual and knowing how to practice. While a sage level skill involve encountering and solving almost every enigma present in that field. This knowledge can be very powerful and is likely why it is expensive.’

After returning to the void a felt slightly depressed being disembodied. ‘After hundreds of lesson within the sage level skill I was getting quite use to having a body again’ Before focusing back to ‘character status’ and ‘new skills’ the same new skills table reappear in the void with the only exception being that the mathematics was absence. ‘I’m still at 800 hundred creation point but I am interested in the mana eye, regeneration ability of health, stamina and mana, and male abilities. Might as well learn all the skill I can get for free. I can always learn when more when I get to the world of Area and I can upgrade skill latter if I have points left’. With a plan in place I systematically started to learn almost every skill at the novice level.

Some novice skills proceeded extremely fast like biology, the other sciences skills as well as common place skills like cooking, and housekeeping ans sport skills swimming, skating and skiing. In general all the novice skill was similar in scope giving both some theoretical subject knowledge and a method to apply or practice them. The crafting skill introduced the tools and how to use them. There was always a simple production item taught like how to bill a stone fence for masonry, or making a bag in tailoring. Combat skill focused on knowing your tool be it axe, net or a hand and how to practice using them. ‘I never thought to use a net in combat before but now I have the basic concept of how’ I though after completed what I considered a more exotic weapon. All of the communication skills used the same gibberish that I couldn’t understand but I was taught common sense approached to poetry, leadership, negotiation, persuade, and intimidation.

The Novice skill that gave me the most trouble was speed reading. Before I could even begin the lesson I needed to comprehend a new written language. ‘While I don’t have any good reference of time that novice skill felt like it lasted four times longer than any other’ I commented hoping that my time spend on learning to read a new language would be in vain.

After what seemed like countless days of fuzzy novice experiences and moving into and out of the void I noticed that I was feeling a little mentally tired while learning the skills but back in the void as usual I didn’t feel anything. Finally my ‘add new skills’ list looks like this.

Add new Skill costIdentification100Surgery60Siege weapon usage60Weak point analysis60Fire manipulation60Water manipulation60Earth manipulation60Wind manipulation60Light manipulation60Dark manipulation60Body Control80Poisons60

‘These skills are more expensive maybe indicating there more specialized or rarer usage. Identification sound like from a RPG game and while expensive the 60 creation points to learn the novice level of it may be worth it. I already know how to set up a sterile field and conduct experimental surgeries and I have also watched dozen while I was at university. Spending creation points on it here would just be wasteful when I likely already knowledgeable about the field. Siege weapons may be more expensive as it may include the construction of siege weapons. While it may be useful it very specialized. Just logically thinking about it I have general concept that could be applied likely at the equitant novice level. The magic skills, body control I will likely learn as they seem useful. Poisons are a maybe. I already know a lot of toxic products from my existing knowledge. I also have notice knowledge from Herb lore that could be extrapolated to this field. ‘let’s stick with the initial plan before spending any more creation points.’ I thought before navigating to the next section. ‘ABILITY and TRAITS’ I selected after returning to the ‘main character status’ screen.

ABILITY and TRAITSAdd new

‘this is the last section I wonder what options are available. I know I want the ability to visualize magic but what else is possible? Add new’ I though after focusing on the last section of the character status.

New ability or TraitCost Spatial Sense60Absolute Direction20Absolute Timing20Acute Senses100Acute Hearing20Acute Taste and Smell20Acute Touch10Acute Vision40Ambidexterity5Clairsentience120Iron Damage Resistance10Spatial Detection40Double Jointed5Eidetic Memory100Extreme Flexibility20Green Thumb10Disease Immunity40Poison Immunity40Language Talent20Night vision10Themovision20Hyperspectral vision120Low light vision20Penetrating vision60Emergency Precognition20Size shrinking40Iron stomach40Apport240Teleport120Blink80Charm10Body Adaptation40Mana Vision60Dimensional Phase80

‘So that all of the option in character status’ I thought after reviewing all of the potential ways to spend creation points. I noted a few abilities and traits look interesting to have. Thinking back to the on what to spend the 800 character creation points on. ‘I already said I wanted magic vision but I guess its called mana vision for 60 points.’ I though immediately selecting to add that Ability or trait as it was too cost prohibitive. ‘With mana vision, last lives background and aversion to dying again [mental shudder] I think a rear line role for me would be best.’ Thinking about my preferences and became to price the cost of turning myself into a mage. I reviewed my creation points after the selection and they were updated to 740.

‘The next step would be to get novice magic skill. This will also help confirm I want to go the mage approach’ I though before allocating 120 creation points to learn all the magic skills at the novice level. Returning to a hazy vision world of the novice skill I prepared to focus on the magic lessons. Each of the six lessons focused on finding your mana pool. While my mana pool was always in the same place the methods to drawn on the mana pool was unique for each magic type. ‘Maybe my manapool is raw mana and each of these methods allows the mana to be transformed into a usable type?’ I wonder after completing the second magic training. The basic training also included a basic element spell. Thus I learned how to cast the spells: Create flame, breeze, create water, move soil, light and create shadow. ‘Maybe spending more on magic skill would be worthwhile.’ I though while reviewing my 620 creation points remain and returning to the health mana and stamina section of the character status.

Health:Average (change)Health Regen:Daily (change)Mana:Average (Change)Mana Regen:Daily (Change)Stamina:Average (change)Stamina Regen:Daily (change)

‘Okay 200 points for maximum mana’ I though selecting both Legendary Mana pool and near instant mana regeneration. ‘As for stamina I wanted a good regeneration rate. Constant regeneration completely refilling stamina hourly should be good enough.’ I selected that option for stamina regeneration for another 40 charter creation points. ‘Maybe I could get away with health regeneration with rest. There will always be healing magic but something is better than nothing.’ After spending another 20 points on health regeneration I set my health and stamina pool both at above average for another 20 points. ‘This leaves me with 340 chanter creation points. Which is not a lot considering there are affinities attributes and male attribute to select still’

Moving ahead I select good affinity for all six magic types for the hefty cost of 240 creation points. With 100 character creation points remaining I decided to improve the development of my wisdom and intelligence to the maximum level. Each of those attribute cost 40 creation points. With the last 20 point return to the Male traits section and improve my virility trait to Wild stallion.

‘Barley enough creation points’ I though after realizing that I would need another 240 to raise elemental affinity to the next level and another 20 for maximize my virility. Just then the status screen changed.

No creation points remaining think Character status completed and you will be moved to the world of Area or change an existing valueDue to high mana affinity selection of a ‘curse’ or ‘weakness’ may also be accepted to generate more creation points

‘Curses!’ I instantly mentally selected without realizing it. ‘Could this be an exploit’ I immediately thought ‘I already have extensive training on break curses due to my sage level skill’

Name of curseCost Blinded-20Deafened-10Muted-10Gnarled Hands-10Curse of bad luck-40Massive hair growth-10Hibernation-20Boils wart, zits and festering sores-20Magical Baldness-10Horrible body odor-20Gnarled teeth-10Insanity-60Massive Weight gain-20Corrosive skin-20Six finger hands-10Enfeeble-20Curse of the New moon (curse of forgetfulness every new moon)-40Curse of the Full moon (curse of partial lycanthropy every full moon-40Curse of the Waning moon (curse of total mana sapping every waning moon)-80Curse of the Waxing moon (curse of endless bleeding every waxing moon)-60Curse of random size changes-20Curse of Soul harvesting-40Feebleness-20Weakness to fire-10Weakness to cold-10Weakness to metal-10Weakness to lightning-10Weakness to sunlight-10Curse of Vulnerability-20Mark of Death-40Conductivity-10Curse of the snared rabbit-10Weakness to wood-10Brittle Boned-10

‘hmm there are some curses here that I didn’t experience in my sage skill training.’ I thought while I reviewed these curse and recognizing most of them. ‘I should avoid any mental curses that would render me unable to use mana or make it difficult to purify my aura.’ I started to select every curse from the top of the list skipping Insanity and stopping at the curse of the new moon. ‘Alright that 250 more creation points after the 1000 I already spent, let go increase those magic affinities.’ I though navigating myself back to the magical affinity section and increase my affinity to the six types of magic to the strong affinity level. ‘increase magic affinity further would cost another 80 creation points per magic or another 480 creation points. Even if I select every reaming curse that fits my self-cure criteria I’ll only be left with only 340 creation points.’ I concluded after doing some quick counting.

‘Let abandon the idea of increasing my affinity higher and review if there is anything else I want to check’ As I started to go back over my entire ‘Character status screen’

‘Learning the skills of identification and body manipulation may be helpful. Both at the novice level would cost 100 creation points. Eidetic Memory from the Ability or trait list would also be extremely beneficial to both learning and remembering all of my novice lessons. That’s another 100 creation points. If I take all the remaining curses that fit my criteria, would have a positive balance of 140 creation points after those two. I could use that to increase my attribute potentials or maybe my male traits further. The trait called charm seems to be cheaper that male pheromones though.’ I contemplated on the remaining options. With a plan in place I selected all the remaining curses to be applied with exception of the mental curses. When adding new traits I selected the Charm as well as the Eidetic Memory Ability /traits for 110 creation points. Moving onto attribute growth I selected Exceptional for my four unmodified attributes; Strength, Dexterity, Constitution and Charisma for another 80 creation points.

Leaving 50 creation points left over, I navigated toward the skill screen and started novice training for both body control and Identification.

The fuzz world for the novice training of Body control was clearer than any other novice training I had done before. I was sitting in a dojo examining a scroll which details the theory of body manipulation. Suddenly I had a flash of insight from my beginner training in Body sensing recalling in detail how to sense the body to help control it. ‘This feels incredibly easy to understand could this be the effects of Eidetic memory?’ I briefly pondered briefly before I had feeling that that was exactly right. The lesson covers the same material for the body sensing skill but with a different focus. The practical application was to perform cycling breathing that energized the body and improved stamina and mana regeneration. The lesson was over is a few short moments completing far faster than any other novice skill I had learned.

Once back in the void I then focus on learning the novice level identification skill. I was sent to a simple wooden classroom with a chalk board and a dozen tables each with two chairs. While the edges and wall of the classroom appear solid but wavy as if hot air bent the light just in front of the walls creating a mirage. ‘Again far clearing memory than the other novice skill it almost a shame I didn’t select Eidetic memory sooner’ I comment before focusing on the material presented in the class. Identification would be best described as a magic ritual creating a thread of mana between any object tangible or not and your mind. ‘Identification can be used on mana’ Was the immediate conclusion I jumped to after learning the theory. The practice was to create an identification link with something you were touching. While touching was not necessary to identify apparently it greatly simplified the ritual. The object I was identifying was a simple copper bracelet. Once I preformed the identification ritual I received the following information

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Copper bracelet HereType:arm accessoryDurability:undamagedA simple copper bracelet made primarily for decorative purposes. Due to its solid nature may provide some protection to the fore arm it covers.

‘So that’s Identification’ I though as the lesson concluded and I returned to the void. ‘Identification seems very useful and if I get it to a level capable of examining mana that would greatly accelerates my magical learning. I haven’t taken skill training at the Trainee level but it definably worth 20 creation points’ I though as I selecting the next level of identification training.

After being sent away to what looks to be a storage room. I examined my surroundings. Nothing in this lesson is hazy or unclear. However the world appears to be slightly dimmer as if this was a lucid dream-scape. The lesson involves systematically identifying every object in the storage room. When complete I start over in a different room. As I practice the identification ritual become fast and more powerful as if the ritual is developing a muscle memory. Now identification can be used almost instantly for any object I touch and now I can perform the identification ritual toward an object in my line of sight. This takes several moments and periodically fair but it a start. Complex objects, object with mana in them and mana itself always seems to fail. ‘Looks like a high level of skill is needed to identify mana’ I concluded as the lesson ended returning me to the void.

’30 creation points left’ I though debating continuing with the identification training further. ’20 more points to train Identification to normal that leaves me 10 creation points for something maybe a simple trait?’ I though before examining my option I had available for 10 creation points.

After quickly reviewing the option I decided to select really want to improve my Manliness. With this decided I accept the smallest vulnerability to wind in exchange to improving my Virility to Endless and my hormone cycle to monthly. ‘Now I’m ready to be the first man of my Species. A male nymph with endless virility and the ability to charm sound like a good combination. It a good thing my stamina pool with regenerate every hour’ I concluded by taking a few moments to think on some lewd thoughts. After a few moments I returned to skill area of the character status in the void to spend the last 20 of my creation points training the identification skill to the normal proficiently level.

This time I am sent to a world in which I am sitting on a chair in a small room as part of a large rather noisy building. Briefly stepping out of my booth I notice that there are two similar both to the right and a half dozen on the other side. The booths are sandwiched by two staircases that proceed to a smaller second level of the building. Toward the front of the building is a large double door that connects to a bustling village. Unlike in both novice and trainee levels there are people in this training. Only people faces are blurry in this training which reminds me about old real cop shows on the internet. The blur or everyone face does make it recognize anyone aside from different cloths, sex, and sizes. While taking in the environment I was approached by a woman carrying a box. After a brief exchange of words, again word I don’t understand, We both reentered my starting booth sat down and open the box. Inside was full of one type of leafy plant. Picking up one I preformed an Identify skill to identify the herb. Apparently it had medicinal properties for reducing fevers. After the woman left I continued to receive visitor and performed the identification ritual on request. I identified hundreds of plants, animal carcasses, weapons, clothing, and amour. The level of detail I was getting from items was also better than before. For example a axe I identified gave the following info

Heavy Iron Battle AxeType:Two handed weaponDurability:56 /80Quality:nonmagicalThis heavy iron battle axe deliver strong slashing and crushing damage when used in battle. After continued use several nick and chip have appeared the blade but it still is in serviceable condition.

I continue to practice my distance identification an can now identify most people as well as objects. I only receive some really basic info on people

Lvl 1 Male Human

Lvl 1 Female Human

Lvl 1 Female Beastman

‘So now it works on some people’ I commented as I continue to observe people sometime it would fail completely and other times it would partially succeed.

Lvl ? Female Human

‘Hmm I guess that the effect of the level system in this world’ I concluded after getting a good grasp on identification, I summarized the main points of the changes to the skill. Identification by touch is normally instant but takes a little time when magic is involved. Identification can be used as far away as a dozen paces and normally take a second or two to focus. Magic cannot be identified at a distance so far.

Just then what I assumed to be a family approached my booth. After and pass me a young toddler maybe one or two years old.

When I identified the child the following information appeared.

Name:Edmund YoungLevel:1Affinity:Poor earth affinity

Normal fire affinity

‘So I just accessed this child for magic affinity. I was likely to get more information by touching him and due to the child’s level being low. I also wonder if mana affinities are this rare in the world or Area not that I can conclude much from a sample size of one’ I mused about potential implications of this still early information.

The training then concluded and I was returned to the void. ‘Now I can use identification to examine simple magic’s that touch. Looks like learning spells by watching won’t be happening just yet.’ I thought I a dismiss that concept for now. Well time to finally say goodbye to this place and get my reincarnation underway.’

‘Character Status Completed’

My consciousness slowly faded as the status and I disappear from the void