The stat increase for her seventh birthday came and went. Her body had some muscle tone back with the pseudo exercise the pod had for her. If the voice could be trusted, Trillia would be out of this pod soon. It startled her a bit when the notifications began flooding in. As if the System could sense she was about to be released or something.
Metamorphosis complete.
Metamorphosis Progenitor: Alirast
New Trait Metamorphosized.
Trait: Thirst for Knowledge
Thirst for Knowledge
You have an unending thirst for knowledge, you are no longer overwhelmed by new information. You cannot be overwhelmed by your own senses when it pertains to acquiring or gaining knowledge.
Spark of Divinity Detected!
Divine Trait Metamorphosized.
Trait: Unwavering Determination
Unwavering Determination
You have faced tragedy far beyond your years. You have repeatedly been beaten down. Most mortals would have given up and lost their lives. You have not. You are significantly more resilient to negative mood debuffs. You always see a way forward. You are willing to attempt any odds if it means survival.
Skill Metamorphosis Complete.
Skills Changed-
General Skill- [Obfuscation] - Level 0 becomes [Mana Obfuscation] - Level 0
Mana Obfuscation-
The strength of you Obfuscation is tied to your current mana. If the creature targetting you has more current mana than you have, they will successfully be able to scan you, otherwise you determine what others see. Any [Basic Scan] divine variant bypasses this completely. Would you like to customize this now?
General Skill- [Basic Scan] - Level 8 -> Level 10
Three Skill Evolutions available. Would you like to see them now?
General Skill- [Basic Mana Regeneration] - Level 3 -> Level 10
Special Evolutions available. Would you like to see them now?
General Skill- [Rudimentary Telepathy] - Level 3 becomes [Minor Telepathy] - Level 0
Minor Telepathy-
You are able to make a mental connection with creatures that have a mind. You are able to share rudimentary thoughts. You are no longer fatigued by prolonged telepathic communications.
General Skill- [Adamant Resolve] - Level 2 becomes [Stalwart Mana] - Level 0
Stalwart Mana-
You may burn mana to ward of the effects of powerful creatures. The more powerful the creature, or skill, the more mana this skill will burn. If you have no mana available, this skill operates as the base skill [Adamant Resolve] at an equal level.
General Skill- [Basic Universal Mana Manipulation] - Level 3 -> Level 10
One evolution available. Evolving skill.
General Skill- [Basic Universal Mana Manipulation] - Level 10 becomes [Universal Mana Manipulation] - Level 0
Trait Found: [Limitless Mana] augmenting [Universal Mana Manipulation]
Universal Mana Manipulation-
You are one of the few creatures who have access to Universal Mana Manipulation. What this means is that not only are you able to craft runes and spells that only other Universal manipulators can access or utilize, but in addition! At a cost of two times the normal amount of mana, you can utilize any other element. Be that a rune, spell, or artifact. Any runes tattooed, scared, etched or otherwise on your physical being, can be made permanent enchantments. Each such rune will slow your mana regeneration. These runes are impervious to tampering unless you will them to be manipulated.
General Skill- [Basic runic] - Level 3 becomes [Runic Scripture] - Level 0
Skill Found: [Mana Obfuscation] augmenting [Runic Scripture]
Runic Scripture-
Your fascination for runes and mana has evolved with your mind. You have a passing understanding of any rune you encounter. The more familiar you are with the species that created the rune, the more familiar you are with the rune itself. As this skill levels your initial understanding will deepen. At no additional cost, any runes you create, or inscribe can be under the purview of your [Mana Obfuscation]. You are aware of anyone inspecting your runes or attempting to understand them.
General Skills- [Basic Alchemy] and [Basic Herbalism] detected. Generating trait [Alchemical Blood]
Alchemical Blood-
Your blood is mana. You can utilize your blood in place of certain reagents. Doing so causes a health malus that can only be recovered with natural rest and recovery.
Physical body has been fundamentally changed.
Subspecies [Orc] becomes [Mana-Infused Orc].
Species - [Orc] Level 9 -> Level 10
Congratulations you've reached level 10! You may now choose a class. Would you like an explanation on classes and to view your options?
Species - [Orc] Level 10 -> Level 11
Congratulations you've reached level 10! You may now choose a class. Would you like an explanation on classes and to view your options?
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Species - [Orc] Level 20 -> Level 21
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Congratulations you've reached level 10! You may now choose a class. Would you like an explanation on classes and to view your options?
Subspecies - [Mana-Infused Orc] - Level 0 - > Level 10
Congratulations you've reached level 10! You may now choose a class. Would you like an explanation on classes and to view your options?
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Subspecies - [Mana-Infused Orc] - Level 13 - > Level 14
Congratulations you've reached level 10! You may now choose a class. Would you like an explanation on classes and to view your options?
Were it not for the fact she was already floating, she almost certainly would have stumbled and fallen over from the sheer rush of information. Surprisingly, no headache came. That had certainly been a problem in the past. As she read through the dozens of notifications, she realized why. That trait was going to be very handy when it came to learning lots of stuff.
She was confused about why the message repeated over and over again about classes. Normally it just gave her a lump sum of levels, as the first subspecies dump had. Maybe it was trying to remind her to actually choose a class? Either way, she was glad a lot of the descriptions felt more personal instead of just referring to her as a creature all the time. She hoped the system would keep it that way instead of changing again.
While she was excited to jump into classes, she wanted to evolve her skills first. Maybe one of the skills would lead to more class options being unlocked.
General Skill- [Basic Scan] - Level 8 -> Level 10
Three Skill Evolutions available. Would you like to see them now?
Scan-
An upgraded version of [Basic Scan] that allows a greater range of levels and greater control of the information you see.
Mana Sight-
This turns [Basic Scan] into a passive skill that can be toggled on and off. You will only ever get an extremely condensed version of a target's stats. However you can see the types of mana manipulation they have available to them. Higher levels in this skill will also allow you to see the mana flows of the realm.
Discern Weakness-
This skill only shows you a condensed version of the target's stats. However in combat, it will subtly guide your attacks, skills, and spells to weak points.
Trillia thought about that for a while. Scan would eventually lead to Greater Scan, she was pretty sure. That was the skill her parents used, as it had a very wide range of uses. Could be extremely customized and gave you a lot of information about a person. It also had the best chance of overcoming Obfuscation skills.
Discern Weakness would help a lot with the rapier. It was such a small light weapon she had to be very accurate. But looking at her new subspecies, which unfortunately still had the [Runt] trait next to it, she seemed to be very mana themed. Something in her gut told her to take Mana Sight. So she did.
General Skill- [Basic Scan] - Level 10 becomes [Mana Sight] Level 0
Trait Found: [Alchemical Blood] augmenting [Mana Sight]
Mana Sight-
This skill can be toggled on or off. When toggled on you are always scanning everything around you. You will get extremely condensed versions of a creature's stats. You will also inherently know what type of mana manipulation they use most. In addition, you will also know if a creature's body can be used in an alchemical way. All alchemical reagents glow faintly while this skill is toggled on. The information you get from alchemical reagents is greatly extended.
Trillia wished the system would warn her of augmentations like that. This one was obviously good. But she wondered if others would change skills enough to be worse. It seemed like she had no choice in the matter when it happened, either.
General Skill- [Basic Mana Regeneration] - Level 3 -> Level 10
Special Evolutions available. Would you like to see them now?
Mana Regeneration-
Your mana regenerates at a rate equal to one half of your Wisdom, multiplied by the level of this skill. Every minute. (Minimum 1)
That was pretty lackluster. Basic Mana regeneration was a quarter of her Wisdom.
Limitless Regeneration-
Your mana regenerates at a rate equal to your Species + your Wisdom, multiplied by the level of this skill. Every minute. (Minimum 1)
Ok, that was just vastly superior with no downsides. It was like it got augmented by the trait. This skill showed up instead of augmenting Mana Regeneration. Trillia really wished she could talk to someone about why it did things like this. Whatever. It was an easy choice, at least.
General Skill- [Basic Mana Regeneration] - Level 10 becomes [Limitless Regeneration]- Level 0
General Skill- [Limitless Regeneration] merges with and augments trait [Limitless Mana]
Limitless Mana-
You have a maximum mana of 2³¹. You cannot be afflicted with Mana Sickness. When you reach your maximum value of mana, any excess mana fills the mana of all creatures around you instead. You can set a personal limit to how much mana you wishes to hold until the overflow takes place. You regenerate mana equal to your Species level + your Wisdom every minute.
Well, that sucked. Whatever. This one was a downgrade. Since it would never be faster than species plus wisdom, by the sounds of it. She really wished she had a choice in the matter.
Instead of jumping straight into classes, she looked at her stats. She had asked a lot about classes, especially when studying with Amelia. Classes took everything about you into consideration when they became available. Including stats. Something she noticed right away. Instead of offering her four stat points like her previous subspecies had, [Mana-Infused Orc] just raised her Wisdom by five. She had no choice in the matter. they automatically allocated as soon as she got the stats. She'd have to seriously reconsider how to allocate her other stats from her species now.
Contemplating it for a while, she decided to abandon Presence. She didn't really like dealing with people. It would hurt her abilities as a [Minstrel], but she wasn't sure if she was still going to take that class. There weren't a lot of combat instruments that worked well with one hand, after all. Maybe she could sing or whistle or something, but that didn't really appeal to her. She wondered briefly if dancing would count or if that would be its own class entirely.
Another thought occurred to her. Why hadn't any of her racial skills changed or upgraded at all? It seemed like a lot of stuff should have. She was a bit disappointed at that as well. Especially because [Runt] was still hampering two of her racial skills. Disabling one, while the other hadn't leveled once since birth. Oh well, she wouldn't complain.
She allocated the stats from her primary species before diving into the rather extensive list of classes. First, giving only her stats a glance.
Stats:
[Brawn: 74]
\Strength: 37 + Vitality: 37/
[Dexterity: 152]
\Agility: 41 + Wisdom: 111/
[Charisma: 62]
\Intuition: 37 Presence: 25/
Well, it wasn't like she could train anymore. Plus, if she hadn't been kidnapped and trapped inside this weird liquid, she would have chosen a class immediately at ten anyway.
Focusing on the question once more, she accepted the explanation of classes.
Classes and You! (The Not Simple or Short Version, really, don't complain. You aren't going anywhere anytime soon.)
What? That was as close as the system got to speaking directly to her and not just explaining at her. Trillia grinned.
'You're right. Thank you, System. I'll have to come up with a name for you.'
Trillia waited a rather long time. Expecting it to continue with the explanation. Finally, something did pop up. It was like when her mother had shown Trillia part of her status.
Purpose: Forge of Creation Origin Star.
Age: 27,130,145,763
Name: Dawn
Trillia floated there, completely and utterly stunned. Her new traits worked overtime to correct her mind.
'A pleasure to meet you, Dawn. I'll happily sit and listen to your explanation now.'
Trillia offered a very warm, happy mental smile. She had a name for the system and universe now.