David looked around at all the townspeople staring at him, as he swept the crowd he saw his Mom and Dad standing with Cass. They were looking at him with such pride he didn’t know what to do. Just then he heard Mayor Austin ask him, “David what class did you awaken?” David struggled to find his voice, he couldn’t get it out. He looked at the crowd and they were all whispering. Then he heard it, above the crowd’s whispers. “C”MON DAVID!” It was Cass, his mom, and his dad. They were proud of him. So he gathered his voice and shouted. “ I AM A DRUID.”

The crowd was stunned, they had never heard of a druid. What could it do? Was it rare or even epic? If no one had heard of it before it has to be special right? The whispers started up again. What can the class do? Someone yelled, What can you do? David wasn’t sure what he could do but he knew how to check, everyone did. They were told as children how to access the system for this very purpose. So David thought open status and a screen opened up in front of him.

You have awoken, you are a Druid(R) lvl.1

A druid is a beacon of nature, they are meant to protect the forest and all its inhabitants.

Druids are a melee/spellcaster hybrid they are meant to be in the fight casting AOE

And crowd control spells. Due to the nature of this class you cannot use a metal weapon or armor.

This class gives you 2 points in Strength and Willpower per level

And 5 free attribute points per level.

Then David’s character sheet popped up in front of him.

Name: David Wirt

Class: Druid lvl 1.

Title: N/A

Health: 80

Mana: 60

Mana regen: 10x1= 10 mana a minute

Stamina: 80

Statistics

Strength:12

Dexterity:7

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Constitution:8

Endurance:10

Intelligence:6

Willpower:10

Charisma:9

Free points: 5

“ No metal weapons or armor? How am I supposed to be a melee fighter then? A club maybe?” David thought to himself. Then David looked at his stats and felt a bit underwhelmed. The Tree Father had picked him, but his stats weren’t great. The average for a normal human was 10 in every stat. He had heard that other races' starting baseline were more or less than 10. The only stats that were good were the ones he needed for his class but that was because he got a plus 2 to strength and willpower. Hopefully if he upgraded his class at level 20 he would get better bonuses.

David looked over his stats and tried to remember what he had been told about the stats. Strength determined how much you could carry and how much damage you do with melee weapons. Dexterity determines your speed and hand eye coordination. Constitution determined your stamina. It was 10 times your constitution. Endurance was your health, it is your score times 10. Intelligence determines your mana by 10 times your intelligence. Willpower was mana regen and that was your score multiplied by 1 a minute. Charisma was a hard one, his mom had always said “ charisma is your ability to sell a tomato based fruit salad” but that just sounded like salsa to David and his mom never liked it when he said that after she was explaining it.

He looked out of the crowd and told them “ A druid is a fighting and spellcasting class that is rare. The crowd was silent for just a moment until they started shouting in praise. A spellcasting class was already so rare to begin with, their small village had never even had one and now they had a hybrid spellcaster plus a knight. They would have to send them to a bigger town with an adventurer's guild just to get trained. David came to the same realization and looked to his parents and saw his mother crying and his father looking at him with a proud look. Him and Cassidy would have to leave the village and go to Crag’s edge the closest city with an adventurer’s guild.

He looked at his status once more to see the spells or skills he had obtained.

Congratulations you have received the spell Grasping roots lvl 1.

Grasping roots: roots burst from the ground and attempt to slow your enemies.

Cost 10 mana. Strength and likelihood of slowing is based on willpower and skill level.

Congratulations you have received the spell Nature’s bounty lvl 1.

Natures bounty: You are one with nature and you can use this to heal yourself and others. Heals for 20 health. Costs 20 mana. Amount of healing will go up with skill level.

David got 2 skills at level one. While not terrible it’s not great, but one of them is a healing spell. Healers were always in demand. David walked over to his family with his head held high. His father, his mother, and Cass all hugged him at once. David’s father Patrick says “ My son a spellcaster, I just can’t believe it. We have to celebrate.” His mother still looked sad and her eyes were red from crying. But she said “ of course we have to celebrate.” So when they got back to his house Cass’s parents Charles and Francis came over to have a feast with their children. David’s mom made pork chops, mashed potatoes, and green beans. Once again one of David’s favorites.

After everyone had left for the night David, his mom, and his father all were sitting in the living room talking about his future. His mom looked at him and said “ David you know that you and Cass are going to have to go to the adventurer’s guild in Crag’s edge right? We don't have anyone here who can train a knight and whatever a druid is. You need someone who can teach you how to cast your spells and to teach you how to fight.” “ I know that mom. When do I go?” “Well there is a merchant leaving for Crag’s edge tomorrow so you and Cass can hopefully hitch a ride. You’ll need to pack your bag tonight and be ready first thing in the morning. Ok?” David agrees then decides to go upstairs and pack his bags and go to sleep.