The Everyday Gamer
Chapter One
The Gamer Ability…
A power that turns a normal person into a video game and forces the world around them to follow those same rules, provides infinite growth and to learn any skill…
This power originated from the web-comic 'The Gamer' by Sangyoung Seong and Sang-A.
It's gathered a bit of a fan base with many giving the Gamer Ability to various characters, including OCs and SIs.
I was a bit of a gamer myself, a casually gamer truthfully, and often wondered what it would be like to have the Gamer Ability for myself.
Then one day, I had a dream. I was standing in a white void as a transparent blue screen flouted in front of me.
Congratulations!
User: Angel of Light Darkness.
You have been granted The Gamer Ability!
I stared at the blue screen as I begun to wake up, I sat up on my bed and looked in front of me. The blue window was still there.
It was at this point I began to freak out. I rubbed my eyes to see if that would cause the window to disappear, it was still there…
I went to my bedside cabinet to put my glasses on, and hoped it would cause the transparent window to disappear, it was still there.
I hesitantly tapped the arrow on screen and saw the message on the window change, was this real.
Hello! Gamer.
You have been selected to be bestowed The Gamer Ability!
We already know you've read the web-comic, so we'll skip to the chase…
OK, who's 'we' and how'd you know I read The Gamer!?
Those who gained The Gamer Ability normally have a purpose or destiny to fulfil. A world to save, an evil to defeat or maybe become that evil.
YOU! Have no destiny or fate to fulfil with The Gamer Ability!
Huh-?
The reason?
The being who gave you The Gamer Ability what's to see how a relatively normal person like yourself handles The Gamer Ability in your own normal world.
Do whatever you want with it, just note we'd be keeping an eye on your Gamer Ability activity log.
Also 'Don't tempt ROBs online, regardless of website'
Have fun Gamer.
So a ROB was responsible for this…
Putting my questioning of my own sanity aside for a moment, I began experimenting with the power.
I should try opening the [Profile Menu]…
PING!
Name: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
User Name: Angel of Light Darkness
Class: Gamer
Sub-Class: Dicer
Title: None
Age: 1 - 120
Gender: Male
Alignment: Neutral Good
Allied: None
Status: Asthma – increases effects of negative environment effects
Albinism – increase sensitivity to light and unable to focus on far away items. (Base Perception greatly lowered)
Level: 4
Exp: 40.1%
HP: 400
MP: 200
(STR)Strength: 10
(DEX)Dexterity: 7
(END)Endurance: 12
(AGI)Agility: 8
(VIT)Vitality: 8
(PER)Perception: 5
(INT)Intelligence: 14
(WIS)Wisdom: 11
(MAG)Magic: 0
(CHA)Charm: 7
(LUC)Luck: 17
Unspent Points: 20
Money: £80
I blinked as I fell back onto my bed surprised. You needed to speak the commands in order to use them in the web-comic, so was I using a more player freely Gamer interface.
I thought about the [Inventory] and the screen changed again to show a full body picture of me with various boxes around me beside a giant square grid with around a hundred squares.
Ok, so my ability wasn't limited to me speaking to use the Gamer Ability. I decided to check out the [Skills] and what I found surprised me.
[Gamer's Mind] Passive Lvl Max
Allows the user to calmly and logically think things through, allows peaceful state of mind and Immunity to psychological status effect.
[Gamer's Body] Passive Lvl Max
Grants a body that allows the user to live in the real world like a video game.
[Gamer's Absorption] Paasive Lvl Max
Allows the user to gain skills and titles from the games they have played. Warning! The user must have played the game themselves and didn't use any cheat codes or changed the code within the game for this skill to work. (Does not destroy game or erase data)
[DICE] Passive/Active Lvl 1
Gives the user daily quests for them to earn Dice. Dice are rolled and whatever number shows up you gain that many stat points.
Higher levels of this skill will offer tougher quests that rewards more dice and possible a Golden Dice.
[Fiction Adaption] Passive Lvl MAX
This ability allows the user to adapt general fictional knowledge and skills to your life and use them as if they were 'truths'
[Spark of Creation] Passive Lvl 1
This skill measures the creativity of the user, aids them in picturing their creations and describing them to others.
Passively increases Intelligence by 1% per level.
Passively increases Wisdom by 2% per level.
OK… so I had the completely broken [Fiction Adaption] fan-made ability, the standard Gamer Skills everyone gets and three original ones.
[DICE] sounded a lot like another web-comic called DICE: The Cube That Changed Everything, actually it was exactly like it. Hell, my Sub-Class was Dicer.
I looked at the two skills closer and tried to figure out what they were.
[Spark of Creation] sounded like it dealt with my creativity, possible it could help me find alternate ways dealing with different situations…
[Gamer's Absorption] almost sounded like a watered down version of [Fiction Adaption] that could possible work in canon. But, from the description it sounded like only people who were really gamers could use it.
PING!
Through a special action a skill has been created!
[Observe] Passive/Active Lvl 1
Gives the stats and information of both living and not living beings. Affected by Intelligence, Wisdom and Perception.
Passively increases Intelligence by 1% per level.
[Deduction] Passive/Active Lvl 1
Gives the user the ability to piece together different pieces of information and combine them to reach the correct conclusion on something. Affected by Intelligence, Wisdom and Perception.
Passively increases Wisdom by 2% per level.
Active increases Intelligence by 50%
I was half expecting [Observe] to pop up, but [Deduction] took me by surprise.
Maybe if I levelled up [Deduction] enough I could be a master detective like Sherlock Holms…
Shaking my head I looked over my stats again and frowned as I looked at Perception. It was easily my lowest stat excluding Magic.
I thought about how many points I should invest into it, but I decided to see if I could find any [Dice Quests], and the window changes again.
{[Daily Quests]}
{Play a game for 30 minutes} 1x Dice
{Spent a stat point} 1x Dice
{Attain a skill or title from Gamer's Absorption} 1x Dice for every skill or title attained.
{[Long-term Quests]}
{Raise any stat to 20} 4x Dice
{Learn a foreign language} 10x Dice
{Raise any stat without using a stat point} 1x Dice
{[Random Quests]}
{Draw a picture} 1x Dice
{Punch a wall} 1x Dice
I blinked as I looked down each quests, they weren't too bad but I hoped they didn't become more unreasonable like the quests 'X' gave in the later chapters of DICE.
I looked over my stats again, I would complete 2 [Dice Quests] if I raised Perception to 20 and increase the effectiveness of both [Observe] and [Deduction] so why not.
PING!
By making a decision that would save you time, your Wisdom has gone up by one!
And apparently my power agrees with me.
PING!
{Raise any stat without using a stat point} Completed! Dice sent to Inventory.
I accessed my [Profile Window] and invest all my unspent points into Perception, raising it from a mere 5 to a grand 25!
PING!
{Spent a stat point} Completed! Dice sent to Inventory.
{Raise any stat to 20} Completed! Dice sent to Inventory.
I smirked as I exited the [Profile Window] and I noticed something, something unbelievable.
On the other side of my room was my calendar, with various notes around the dates… I could read it from my bed.
For this to make sense, you have to understand I suffer from a condition that makes it so I can't focus on far away small objects. I could see them, but I couldn't read anything on them unless I got closer.
Before I got this ability, I couldn't see what I wrote on the calendar even with glasses… but now I could.
I'll man up and admit I got a little… misty eyed.
It took me a few minutes before I got dress, made and ate my breakfast. It was the weekend and I had slept in, my family was out of the house for various reasons so I was alone for an hour.
An hour filled with the Gamer Ability!
Deciding to try out [Gamer's Absorption], I went over to my collection of games and picked out my first 3DS game.
'The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time'
PING!
[Would you like to use Gamer's Absorption on this game?]
(Yes) (No)
Tapping (Yes), I felt knowledge and power enter my being.
PING!
You've earned the Tri-Force of Courage!
You've earned the Tri-Force of Wisdom!
You've earned the Tri-Force of Power!
Set complete! Earned True Tri-force!
Title earned!
1 Hand Sword Mastery Earned!
2 Hand Sword Mastery Earned!
Shield Mastery Earned!
Bow Mastery Earned!
Hammer Mastery Earned!
Bomb Mastery Earned!
Horseback Riding Mastery Earned!
Elemental Manipulation Mastery Earned!
Time Manipulation Mastery Earned!
Items Earned! Placed in Inventory.
I stared in awe of what I got from [Gamer's Absorption], I was expecting the weapon masteries but not any part of the Tri-Force or Time Manipulations.
Huh?
PING!
{Attain a skill or title from Gamer's Absorption} Completed! Dice sent to Inventory.
Smirking a used [Observe] on what I got from [Gamer's Absorption].
[Tri-Force of Courage] Passive Max Lvl
This skill grants the user the power of a third of the Tri-Force, an artefact made by the Golden Goddesses that can grant any wish. Courage is known to be wielded by Link, the Hero of Time, and all his incarnations or descendants.
Passively doubles HP, STR, END, VIT, CHA, LUC
Grants [Magic Resistance]
[Tri-Force of Wisdom] Passive Max Lvl
This skill grants the user the power of a third of the Tri-Force, an artefact made by the Golden Goddesses that can grant any wish. Wisdom is known to be wielded by Zelda, Princess of Hyrule, and all her incarnations or descendants.
Passively doubles MP, DEX, AGI, PER, INT, WIS, MAG
Grants [Magic Mastery]
[Tri-Force of Power] Passive Max Lvl
This skill grants the user the power of a third of the Tri-Force, an artefact made by the Golden Goddesses that can grant any wish. Power is known to be wielded by Ganondorf, the King of Evil, and all his incarnations
Passively increases all stats by 50%
Grants [Dominating Presence]
[True Tri-Force] Passive Lvl Max
While some wield a piece of the Tri-Force, you wield it in its entirety. This power is now bound to your soul and not even the Golden Goddesses that created the Tri-Force can take it from you. Thereby transforming you into a mortal god.
Passively triples all stats.
Grants [Divine Manipulation]
I stared shocked at the window for what seemed like hours before I shut my mouth.
"So broken…" I muttered before I moved onto the title I earned and other skills.
Title: True Tri-Force Master.
Only one capable of wielding the full power of the Tri-force may use this title.
Capable of summoning and managing a large force of minions.
1 Hand Sword Mastery Passive Level 30
Passively increase STR and DEX 1% per level
Increases all stats by 2% per level when equipped with a 1 Handed Sword.
2 Hand Sword Mastery Passive Level 30
Passively increase STR and DEX 1% per level
Increases STR by 4% and all other stats by 2% per level when equipped with a 2 Handed Sword.
Shield Mastery Passive Level 30
Passively Increases END and AGI by 2% per level.
Increases END by 4% per Level when equipped with Shield.
Bow Mastery Passive Level 30
Passively Increases AGI and PER by 1% per level.
Increases PER by 4% when equipped with a bow.
Hammer Mastery Passive Level 10
Passively increases STR by 4% per level
Increases STR by 8% per level when equipped with a hammer.
Bomb Mastery Passive Level 5
Passively increases AGI and DEX by 2% per level.
Can see the AoE of a bomb and control when they go off with the users mind when equipped with bombs.
Horseback Riding Passive Level 20
Passively increases AGI and PER by 2% per level.
Shares a limited telepathic link with any horse you're riding.
Elemental Manipulation Passive/Active Level 1
Passively increases INT, WIS and MAG by 2% per level.
Known elements: none
Time Manipulation Passive/Active Level 1
Passively increases INT, WIS and MAG by 2% per level.
Current skill level: able to slow time down by 25%
I slowly blink, that was a lot of passives.
One use of [Gamer's Absorption] and most of my stats are over 70. Soo broken… and that's not counting the Dice I got.
How many Dice do I have? Before I went to check I counted it up in my head.
Let's see… 24 Dice… which could give me a maximum of 144 stat points and the lowest possible being 24 stat points…
…I'm more of a cheat character then the original Gamer, Han Jee-Han.
PING!
By remembering something you weren't paying 100% attention to perfectly, a skill has been created!
[Mental Archive] Passive Lvl Max
Grants the user the ability to take in, store and use vast amounts of information at once without negative side-effects.
Passively increases INT by 50%
I repeat, CHEAT CHARACTER!
Deciding to test my luck, I rolled all my dice…
Let's see… 6, 5, 4, 5, 3, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6, 2, 4, 3, 3, 5, 5, 5, 5, 1, 6, 5, 6, 1, and 6.
…..100 points altogether…
I stand corrected, I'm a BROKEN CHEAT CHARACTER!
I haven't has these power for whole day yet and most of my stats are over 25 with an extra one hundred of unspent points!
Shaking my head I begin to think about what I should spent the points on when I heard my sister's voice outside my door, they got a new TV and need me to help get it out of the car. I closed all the Gamer windows and went to help.
PING!
Quest Alert!
Your family has bought a new TV to replace the 10 year old one, aid in moving and setting up the new TV.
Reward: £20.
1x Dice.
Increase reputation with family.
100 Exp.
Failure: decrease reputation with family.
Deciding to keep silent about my Gamer powers, I went about the rest of the day without interacting with the Gamer Ability.
A couple hours later…
I was waiting for my family to go to sleep so I could work on my ability, so to pass the time I read some fanfiction and…
PING!
By a special action a skill has been created!
[Madness Resistance] Passive Lvl 1
Increases the user's mental defences against Madness inducing attacks, from either others or the user themselves.
…that happened.
Idle I opened the [Dice Quests] window.
{[Daily Quests]}
{Play a game for 30 minutes} 1x Dice Completed
{Spent a stat point} 1x Dice Completed
{Attain a skill or title from Gamer's Absorption} 1x Dice for every skill or title attained. Completed!
{[Long-term Quests]}
{Raise all base stats to 20} 4x Dice
{Learn a foreign language} 10x Dice
{Construct a useable weapon} 1x Dice
{[Random Quests]}
{Write a story / minimum words 5000} 1x Dice
{Go for a half-a-mile run} 1x Dice
I had already finished the last Daily Quest and the Random Quests, add the Dice I got from my first mission and I had 4 Dice to roll.
Doing a quick count up, I figured out I needed 105 stat points to raise all my stats to 20.
Seeing that I had 100 points at the moment, I rolled my 4 Dice.
Let's see… 6, 4, 6, and 6. Which leaves me with 122 points to spend.
Just as I was about to raise my stats I heard a noise…
DING!
The clock has struck Midnight, Daily Quests Reset.
I blinked before I looked at the clock, it had just turned midnight.
So Daily Quests reset at midnight on the dot; good to know.
I went over to one of my old games I found earlier today to use [Gamer's Absorption] on.
'The Sims 2 for PSP'
PING!
[Would you like to use Gamer's Absorption on this game?]
(Yes) (No)
Tapping (Yes), I felt knowledge and power enter my being.
[Body] Earned!
[Charm] Earned!
[Logic] Earned!
[Creativity] Earned!
[Mechanics] Earned!
[Cooking] Earned!
[Efficient Items] Earned!
[Paid in Advance] Earned!
[Haggle] Earned!
[Item Conversation] Earned!
[Truth inducement] Earned!
[Teleportation] Earned!
[Reality perception] Earned!
[A friend indeed] Earned!
[Seduction Intuition] Earned!
[Vampire Physiology] Earned!
[Self-Resurrection] Earned!
Items earned! Sent to inventory
PING!
{Attain a skill or title from Gamer's Absorption} Completed! Dice sent to Inventory.
Smirking a used [Observe] on what I got from [Gamer's Absorption].
[Body] Passive Max
Increases all stats by 50% and grants resists to all forms of harm to the body.
[Charm] Passive Max
Increases Charm by 120%
[Logic] Passive Max
Doubles INT and grants PHD level of knowledge for various fields.
[Creativity] Passive Max
Increases creativity and doubles wisdom
[Mechanics] Passive Max
Grants the ability to understand and build various forms of machines.
At this level, you can bring about a technological revolution once a decade.
[Cooking] Passive lvl Max
Grants the user the ability to understand and make any form of dish.
At this level, your food is truly divine, worthy of the gods themselves. Any who eat your food will be loyal to you, and could make swore enemies into faithful allies.
[Efficient Items] Passive lvl Max
Doubles the effects of consumable items for the user.
[Paid in Advance] Passive lvl max
The user of this ability will never need to worry about bills ever again. Whenever a bill is due to pay, the exact amount will be paid from an untraceable account in their name. Cannot work for in-store purchases.
[Haggle] Passive level 4
Grants the user the ability to save or earn more money, whether by getting more money out of a sell or saving on a purchase.
Increase the amount you save or gain by 4%
[Item Conversation] Active lvl Max
Grants the user the ability to destroy the items in their inventory in exchange for money.
The amount gain depends on the items worth and any existing skills or titles.
[Truth inducement] Passive/Active lvl 1
Passive: subconsciously encourage those around you to be truthful, can be resisted depending on their level.
Active: consciously encourage those around you to be truthful, can only work on others of a lower level then you.
[Teleportation] Active Level 1
This ability allows the user to teleport to any location they have been before. (cost 100MP per metre)
[Reality perception] Passive lvl max
The user can perceive reality, allowing them to sense the whole truth no matter how it is hidden. If the user is questioning someone, they will automatically know if target is lying and sense the truth.
The user cannot be fooled by Tricksters or reality warpers who try to deceive them and are immune to all forms of illusions.
[A friend indeed] Passive lvl max
This skill grants the user the ability to become friends with anyone, to the point the person they befriended will reveal one of their secrets.
[Seduction Intuition] Active lvl max
This skill grants the user the ability to seduce anyone they wish with a high chance of success, regardless origin (male, female, young, old, peasant, royalty, alien, angel, devil, demon, god or goddess)
The user also possess intuitive knowledge of how make people feel sexual arousal, lust, bliss and pleasure in others, and can always make people feel immense sexual satisfaction including oneself.
[Vampire Physiology] Active/Passive lvl max
This ability grants the user the power to transform into a vampire at will.
Though you gain their strengths, you'll also gain their weaknesses.
[Self-Resurrection] Passive lvl max
This skill unlocks the [Respawn] feature of The Gamer Ability. When the user's HP reaches zero, their body and soul will be placed in their inventory for safe keeping. The user can move the inventory window around, allowing them to see the world and move around it. The user will [Respawn] after their health has been fully restored, however the user can [Respawn] immediately if they accept a 50% de-buff to all stats or change their physiologies. (Warning! If you accept the change you physiology opinion then you will not be able to return to your original form until it is fully healed.
"…."
….Really? All that from a Sims game?
[Gamer's Absorption] may be just as broken as [Fiction Adaption].
I did a quick count to confirm I got 17 Dice from absorbing that last game.
PING!
What now?
[Spark of Creation] and [Creativity] have fused together to form [Creator's Will]
[Creator's Will] Passive level 100
This ability grants the user the skills needed to fully visualise their own creations and the ability to make them a reality.
Passively increases Intelligence by 100%
Passively increases Wisdom by 140%.
Grants [Imagination Manifestation]
I nodded to myself as I moved to my bed while I closed the windows, it was a long and I was going to get some sleep.
And the abilities were getting too OP for my first day…
As I lay my head on my pillow a thought crossed my mind.
"Do I even need sleep anymore?"
As I lead on my bed I raised all my stats to 20…
PING!
{Raise all stats to 20} Completed! Dice sent to Inventory.
Name: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
User Name: Angel of Light Darkness
Class: Gamer
Sub-Class: Dicer
Title: True Tri-Force Master.
Age: 1 - 120
Gender: Male
Alignment: Neutral Good
Allied: None
Status: Asthma – increases effects of negative environment effects
Albinism – increase sensitivity to light and unable to focus on far away items. (Base Perception greatly lowered)
Level: 4
Exp: 45.1%
HP: 400 (2000)
MP: 200 (1000)
(STR)Strength: 20 (100)
(DEX)Dexterity: 20 (94)
(END)Endurance: 20 (92)
(AGI)Agility: 20 (108)
(VIT)Vitality: 20 (80)
(PER)Perception: 25 (117.5)
(INT)Intelligence: 20 (110)
(WIS)Wisdom: 20 (100.8)
(MAG)Magic: 20 (80.8)
(CHA)Charm: 20 (104)
(LUC)Luck: 20 (80)
Unspent Points: 16
Non-Rolled Dice: 21
Money: £100
Hi, everyone!
Angel of Light Darkness.
Presenting you an idea for a Gamer fanfic I have had for a while, where the MC doesn't get throw into an alternate universe or given an end game task to complete. They just have The Gamer Ability in our world… well, at some point in the future there may be a divergence from our world but that's not important right.
Leave a review to give me an idea of what the MC can do in our world and what abilities they could learn.
…Yes, the MC is partially base off myself… which is why my username is included in the Profile window. Or perhaps it's because I AM THE ROB in this story!
Anyway, with that out of the way. I've included a web address that we lead you to a forum, I created, on this website where you can share your ideas for 'The Gamer Ability'
forum/The-Gamer-Ability/182719/
Have a nice day!