Uhhh. eenie meenie minie..YOU! I say as I choose elemental. After I select it, another blue screen comes up, as per usual.
You have chosen the [Elemental] as your first template! You have gained access to the following templates:
* Fire Elemental(?)
* Air Elemental(?)
* Earth Elemental(?)
* Water Elemental(?)
* Death Elemental(?)
* Life Elemental(?)
Each [Elemental] requires a minimum of 10 mana to summon
Oh wow. That's a lot of options. As I glance over the screen, something catches my eye. Well, something. The life and death elementals. If a fire, water, air, etc. elemental gains access to that element, do these guys get to control life and death? Can the death elemental just insta-gib someone if the theoretical person looks it in the eyes? Can the life elemental make someone immortal? I get excited about the possibilities.
Well, let's summon our first elemental, then! I think as I start trying to summon it
Then I realized I don't know how to summon something.
Ah shit. I think, worriedly. I look back at the menu, and focus on a random question mark
Name: N/A
Race: Air Elemental
Level:N/A
HP:5/5
MP:1/1
STM:1/1
Stats:
Body:0
Mind:0
Spirit:1
Blessings/Curses/Effects:
-wind elemental
Because of your nature, physical attacks can not affect you.
Spells/Skills:
-Wind Blade(?)
-Claw(?)
I am reading words and I have no idea what they mean. I'm gonna try to break this down the best I can using my ever so great and powerful…human? intelligence. I don't actually know if I was human in my last life, so I'm just saying I was human. So…stats…very different from mine. I've got mp and mrpm. Not…this stuff. I'm gonna assume the body is like strength n’ stuff. Mind? Not a clue. Intelligence, perhaps? And spirit…maybe that relates to magic? Shit, I need more tutorials. MENU! Where ya at man? Levels are pretty easy. Kill shit, level up, get stronger. And now for blessings. Or curses, or whatever. I'm gonna assume that the entire part is for religious people that are getting dope shit from gods. Except for the effects part. That might just tell you what…effects you have. I already know what spells are. Magic. I'm assuming my mooks actually use the spells, unlike me. For skills though? No clue. I'm gonna guess that's for melee stuff. I can probably find out right now, actually!
WIND BLADE
DMG:2
MP COST:1
TIER:0
TYPE:Spell
Shoot an arc of wind that deals damage. Strong against fire, weak against earth.
CLAW
DMG:1
STM COST:1
TIER:0
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TYPE:Skill
A basic skill for most creatures. Weak against earth.
I see. I know what MP is, but what's STM? Stamina? Oh well. None of this helps, though. I still don't know how to summon something. I check my menu
Name: N/A
Race: Dungeon Core
hp:1/1
mp:8,400/10,000
Mr:100pm(?)
Templates(?):
* Fire Elemental(?)
* Air Elemental(?)
* Earth Elemental(?)
Click to see more
Spells:
N/A
Hey! A new question mark!
Templates are the most common form of summoning entities in a dungeon. You can gain templates by killing a foreign entity, by combining two templates, or by creating your own entity.
To use a template, you must think of the name of the template while focusing on where you want it placed.
FINALLY! SOMETHING USEFUL! Fuck. that took way to long to figure out.
After thinking for a while, I decided on what my first was gonna be. The wind elemental. I already know everything about it, so why not summon it first?
I focus on right next to me, while thinking of the name of the elemental. Then I feel a slight draining sensation. It's gone for a few moments, but I still feel a slight connection to the…drain link? Yeah. that.
What if… I think. I start willing more mana through the line. And by that, I mean I try to replicate the draining sensation. I try to do it for what feels like forever.
Then…after what felt like fucking years, I feel the draining sensation. I can stop and start it when I want. All I had to do? Imagine the link getting mana. I don't even know what mana looks like. I just imagined a pipe with water in it getting more water. Don't ask. I decided to start flooding the line with mana, until I was just about half. Giving an elemental that only costs 10 mana to summon 5,000 mana? What's the worst that could happen?
As I close the link, a vacuum forms in the space where the elemental is meant to be. A small orb slowly fades into existence, and starts gaining in size.
Oh. shit.
The orb starts glowing white, and then a form starts to manifest around it. The top half of it is humanoid, while the bottom half is made of a tornado its ‘eyes’ are just 2 voids. Then the vacuum stops. In Front of me sits a…powerful monster. Not a mook. This thing is fuckin tall. It almost reaches the ceiling. A blue screen pops up
You’ve unlocked the [wind spirit] template!
Name:N/A
race:Wind Spirit
Level:1
HP:100/100
MP:1,500/1,500
STM:50/50
Stats:
Body:5
Mind:10
Spirit:15
Blessings/Curses/Effects
-dungeon monster
You are bound to a dungeon. You cannot leave its boundaries, or disobey it.
-wind spirit
Because of your nature, physical attacks cannot harm you. Spells deal 10% less damage.
Spells:
-Vacuum Blades(?)
-Claw(?)
-Vacuum sword(?)
-Wind blast
-Wind control(?)
That's…a lot. This fuckers a hell of alot more powerful than the fucking wind elemental. Christ. Note for next time, dont give a metric fuck-load of mana to a weak monster next time. I need this thing gone, it can't fit in here. Sorry bud. I imagine it…dying? Yeah. I imagine it not existing anymore. When I'm done, the spirit no longer stands before me.
You have learned [4] spells and [1] skill!
-Vacuum Blades(?)
-Claw(?)
-Vacuum sword(?)
-Wind blast
-Wind control(?)
Oh. neato. I don't really care right now. I ignore the blue screen and go into a long think.
So…I have monsters. What now? Do I make more pillars? But I won't have enough room soon…shit. Do I sit here for all of eternity? No, that would be stupid… OH SHIT! I exclaim as a idea comes to me
I'M A FUCKING DUNGEON! LIKE FROM DND OR WHATEVER! I'M MAKING A DUNGEON! I think excitedly as ideas form.
What kind of dungeon do I make? Do I have one central theme, or do I change them each floor? The ideas! But first, I need my first floor. Hmm. Maybe some mines? Or…a spider den? No, no.. I don't have any spiders…yet. Hmmm. maybe…a forest? Or a big lake? You know, to put some water elementals in? No, that would be stupid. A…uhh…medieval kinda looking dungeon? You know, stone bricks and all that jazz? Maybe just stick to the cave approach? Ehh. OH! How about a crypt? Maybe. Fuck. What should I choose?