Adam was sitting in his chair at the campfire when it happened. The ground started violently shaking, nearly sending him straight into the campfire before he regained his balance and stood up. He looked around bewildered and concerned as the various animals of the Alps started frantically running from a perceived predator that was not there.
Adam himself was tempted to start running as well but he realized that he had no idea where to run to as the animals weren’t running in any particular direction and he himself could see no respite anywhere around. The shaking suddenly stopped however only to be replaced with something even more disconcerting.
Sentient Life discovered…
Awakening Home Planet Earth…
Successful
Analyzing Race…
Successful
Integrating Accumulated Knowledge…
Successful
Customizing ‘Assessment’ To Be More Familiar To Humans…
Successful
‘Status’ Made
Granting ‘Status’ To All Living Humans…
Successful
Good Luck Humankind
With that parting message a blue screen suddenly popped up in front of Adam, it read.
Adam Colt
Age: 20
Race: Human
Archetype: Spirit
Class: None
Level: 0
Str- 4
Dex- 6
Con- 8
Int- 7
Wit- 8
Wis-9
Innate Abilities- Natural Body, Spiritual Regalia, Home
Skills- None
“What in the absolute FUCK just happened.” he muttured as the world finally seemed to calm down and return to normal. The events of the past minute or so were incredibly confusing and left him feeling unsteady, so he picked up his chair and sat back down to take a minute and breathe. When he finally got his bearings he decided to take a closer look at what he figured was his ‘Status’, only to find that not only had it disappeared but that the moment he thought about bringing it back up it reappeared.
Adam Colt
Age: 20
Race: Human
Archetype: Spirit
Class: None
Level: 0
Str- 4
Dex- 5
Con- 7
Int- 7
Wit- 8
Wis-9
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Innate Abilities- Natural Body, Spiritual Regalia, Home
Skills- Assessment
Looking over his ‘Status’ he felt most of it was pretty self explanatory, but decided to see if there were any surprises before he checked out the more interesting things. He decided to try and start with Str since it was his lowest stat. After a few embarrassing moments where he tried a number of things including shouting out loud he figured out he simply needed to focus on the stat to get the description for it, and boy were there some surprises to be had.
Str(Strength) is the physical power stat, this stat showcases how much raw power you can pull from your body, this includes raw strength and speed. If you are body Archetype this stat also determines how much Mana you can generate before overdrafting your body.
Dex(Dexterity) is one of the physical finesse stat, this stat showcases how well you are able to control your body without a Skill/Innate Ability, as well as your flexibility and reaction speed. It, along with Wit, shows how fine your senses are with a focus on Touch, Sight, and Smell.
Con(Constitution) is the physical quality stat, this stat represents the quality and recovery speed of your body, as well as showing how resistant you are to physical ailments ranging from sickness to injury. Con also shows how close one is to their ideal fitness before reaching it at Con-20.
Int(Intelligence) is the spiritual power stat, this stat showcases how much mana you can generate from your Mind/Spirit depending on your Archetype. This stat also represents memory and, to a minor degree, pattern recognition and thought speed.
Wit(Wit) is the spiritual finesse stat, this stat showcases how well you are able to control your emotions and mind without a Skill/Innate Ability as well as processing speed. This stat, along with Dex, shows how fine your senses are with a focus on Hearing, Taste, and Perception.
Wis(Wisdom) is the spiritual quality stat, this stat represents the quality and recovery speed of your mind/spirit as well as showing how resistant you are to spiritual ailments ranging from mentally inhibiting afflictions to magic attacks. Wis also shows how aware you are of your own self.
“Okay, so the stats are a little different than expected with one that I was not expecting at all.” he stated, surprised “However it does all make sense and seems more realistic than most TTRPG stats at least. Now what does this Archetype thing mean?”
Body- The Body Archetype is for those whose greatest talent and/or desire lies in the use and/or development of their body. Those with this Archetype will generate Mana from the Strength of their body and most likely gain a Class with the Body Archetype as well.
Mind- The Mind Archetype is for those whose greatest talent and/or desire lies in the use and/or development of their mind. Those with this Archetype will generate Mana from the strength of their mind and most likely gain a Class with the Mind Archetype as well.
Spirit- The Spirit Archetype is for those whose greatest talent and/or desire lies in the use and/or development of their Spirit. Those with this Archetype will generate Mana from the strength of their spirit and most likely gain a Class with the Spirit Archetype as well.
Well, that explains the Archetype stuff but why do I have the Spirit Archetype? I would think that a magic user of any kind would be a Mind Archetype and it did say that desire plays a role in what Archetype you have. Whatever, that’s a question for later, once it actually becomes relevant in choosing a Class. Let’s move on to the most interesting part of my Status, the Innate Abilities.
Natural Body- This is a passive ability that grants you a body capable of resisting nearly any natural status effect, this includes any form of natural sickness, disease, poison, venom, and infection. It also allows for greater physical resistance than would normally be granted with the Con stat. This ability also grants +2 Con per level. Con is 3 times as effective in resisting natural negative status effects.
This promises to be incredibly, suspiciously, useful in the near future seeing as I am currently in the forest during the onset of some kind of… apocalypse? I assume at least. I really hope I’m not dreaming or insane right now, but there really isn’t anything I can do but go with this. It’s either real or not and seeing as most stories like this come with way more danger than I would like to think about, I’m not willing to take my chances.
Spiritual Regalia- This ability allows you to freely physically manifest the garment of his Spirit for combat. Spiritual Regalia is restricted to a single form that is the best combat attire for you, this may be slightly over time or due to circumstance but is largely static. It provides comfort while being worn, resistance to environmental conditions, resistance equal to double his own resistance to physical or magical effects/attacks.
This is also suspiciously useful but thinking about it, so far these are abilities I would dream about having, or at least something close to it, very often, and seeing as even your Archetype could be influenced by desire I think this was too.
Home- Home is an ability that forms a pocket dimension that he can use for storage but is intended to be anchored to a place to allow physical access to the space which is in the form of your ideal home and includes land to plant trees, herbs, or other plants. It also may act as a place to raise animals or other growable resources. The Home Dimension can only be accessed by you and the only way others can access it is through you. While not anchored to a place you cannot enter it but it is otherwise the same and he may even put other people inside so long as they do not resist. Size is ((10xWis)+lvl)m^3. The place Home is anchored to must be a door of some kind. Everything inside may be accessed from outside.
Now this is just absurd. Just outrageous. Obscene. Although it has its restrictions and doesn’t promise safety by any means it is still absurd. There are… actually a limited number of ways this is useful right now. Any place enclosed on all sides that I could find is probably inhabited by some animal or another and, again, not willing to risk that. Similarly there are very few places I could find that I would be able to fashion some kind of door for. This is the most broken, and powerful of my IA’s but also, surprisingly, the least useful for me right now. One last thing before I gather my stuff and start looking for a place to set down for the night. My only Skill, Assessment, is also what that screen from before said it altered into the Status before granting it to us.
Assessment- A Skill that allows for full knowledge of the user's self in the form of the ‘Status’ as well as a way to use all accrued knowledge to gather information about something the user can perceive with at least one of their senses. Limited to the information the user can actually perceive with their sense/s.
Ah. That explains a lot actually. That makes this Status something specifically designed for Humanity. Which implies the existence of other races and species. I hope I get to see an Elf someday.