Again, I do not own anything.
Thanks again to everyone who reviewed, I really do appreciate it always makes my day when I read a new one. Dear Mr.Noivad Neao-Nefarious Izanagi I think your ideas for skill are great and I definitely want them in but I am going to wait for a while since they would be totally op at this point. To anyone who is still curious the new skill suggestion stuff is still up so feel free to give out any ideas you have. So without further ado let's begin.
After I calmed down I decided to play with the skill a bit. I could change color just like it described, but I couldn't control it yet. It seemed to be linked to my emotions, so when I'm angry I am red, blue when sad, pink when flustered, etc. Deciding that I have had enough of this shit and that I had work tomorrow, I decided to hit the bed.
[For planning ahead to your future responsibilities and taking actions towards them you get one int]
'Again enough of this shit'
I woke up to the standard recovery screen that every gamer has, seeing that I still had two hours till my shift, I decided to take a look around my apartment, I was a one room with a bathroom, The main room was a bedroom, kitchen, and living room all mixed into one. It had standard whitewashed walls. Since the previous owners didn't come back within thirty days to reclaim their possessions what they theft in the loft was given so I had all the standard do-dads and furniture around along with a bookcase half folded, kitchen gear, and some painting stuff. Apparently, the previous owner was a mad-eccentric artist so, at least I will have a hobby to fall back on. I was thinking about how to most efficiently level up my observe besides just using it on everything and everyone when on a whim I observed one the paintings left here, it was a landscape of a lake surrounded by a forest.
[A still lake in a chaotic world; x2 the experience gained to water affinity and flora affinity when within ten feet of the painting.]
'HOLY CRAP. This means that just by being near some art I can grind even faster than normal. This changes everything, If I level up my painting skill I could in theory max any skill twice or even faster than that as fast'. Still, in shock, I observed the other two paintings left here. One was a bowl of fruit and the other was a candle surrounded by pitch black.
[Fruity comparison; x2 exp to flora affinity when within ten feet. (Note effect only partly stake so when two painting have the same modifier it will only be increased by a fraction, an example being if two paintings have a times two modifiers for fire affinity than the effect will only be two point five affinity. This can be negated if the player has high enough painting skill)]
[A Brave Light in a Dark World; x3 dark aff and x2 fire affinity/ teaches candlelight and Fire aff.]
I was deflating threw out because I had none of the skills it mentioned so I couldn't benefit from them and I knew nothing about painting so I couldn't make more. That all changed when I got to the last one and saw that I could use it as a skill book. Not giving it a second thought I hit yes like thirty times when it gave me the options.
[New skill]
[New Perk]
[Perks are aspects of yourself that can be good or bad and cannot be leveled up.]
[Congratulations you have gotten your first perk; You get a +5 coin, This special item will automatically level up any skill of your choosing(Note excluding liked skills like the I, D skills)]
[Fire aff, your soul is ablaze with passion and destruction, you clear away the old so that new may grow, you hold the power of the price victory blazing with a passion so great against your foes that you leave yourself just as burned. Increases exp gain for all skills related to fire even if tangentially]
[Candle light; From a small begging brings a roaring inferno; lvl 1; Mp; This skill creates a small flame in your palm that gives off much more light than its size entails; at higher levels it can be used as a flash bomb or cloak of flame in your hand to add flame damage to your unhanded attacks]
[Congratulations; You have learned your first magic spell, spells can be learned from skill books or created by special actions just like regular spells; but in your world these skills have been lost to the sands of time they are considered lost skills, skill that no one but you can learn, but you can teach them just fine.]
[New quest;]
[Quest; Path of magic; over time the world forgot how to weave the world around them with the power each one of us holds within us. Now the world is on the brink and the only way to stop it is by bringing it back. Return what has been lost to the people and let them decide the fate of this land]
[Teach at least thirty people to use magic]
[Construct a school for those thirty to become teachers]
[master the art of magic]
[Bring magic to the common man]
[rewards; 100,000,000,000 ex,Plus reputation with the yellow brick army, the people, the schools of hunters, Wiese Schnee, team RWBY, Team JNPR, degrees reputation with Salem, The forces of grim, The Harlem army, The Schnee Family, History remembers you as a hero]
[No time limit]
[Failure; Death of you and the world.]
'Ok, that's..wow. I mean just learning that you hold the very fate of your world in your hands is a bit of a surprise, but thank gamer mind, I thought about it for a minute and since I can't decline it I might as well but my hold onto it. Well, I guess I know what build I am going for now at least,' I thought. Ok, my plans are as follows, save Tucson, learn as much magic as I can, find people I can trust with magic, level up all the skill I can get, save the world, and get laid. Seems reasonable. The first step to that get more spells and level up, I can check the bookcase, and the store for more spell books, I can go into an ID after work, and since it's Monday I am going to get a new skill in a bit. Speaking of which.
[For consolidating all of your news and using it to form a plan you get one INt and Wis]
[lucky day; Bound guitar.]
[Bound Guitar; summons an ethereal guitar from the plains of Oblivion. Works as well as any guitar, just that it disappears when you are done playing it; lvl1; the sound is determined by your {Guitar mastery skill}]
[new title; Beginner spell caster; plus one int and was when equipped; This title is granted to those who have begun the perilous journey of the path of magic, Unlocked for learning two spells and your first affinity].
[For increasing your base Wis past ten you have gained the perk, mana emitter.]
[Perk, Mana emitter; This perk grants the player plus one hundred mp per int level instead of plus ten.]
[New quest; save Tuckson]
[Fake Tucson's death]
Or
[Kill his attackers]
[rewards; Tucson will be willing to learn magic from you and become one of your teachers, 100 exp, -rep with the Harlem army]
Putting away my disappointment with the new spell and my glee for the new title and perk, I was surprised by the last by the new quest because I had always intended to save him but I only now got the skill, was it because I now committed or because now I had specifically set a specific goal for achieving it. Deciding to test it I made a little experiment to do latter. I was about to do it and then look at the book shelf in the back but I heard a ringing sound and found that my system splurging had taking up almost a hour and a half and I only had a half hour to get ready for work. I rushed around getting ready, a quick shower, a granola bar for breakfast, and into the plaid shirt Tucson had given me so I could look presentable for work. I got down there just in time to unlock the door flip the sign, and get behind the counter before the first customer of the day walked in. She looked familiar, she had long, dark, ebony hair, with a black bow. She had amber eyes that spoke deeply of passion and experience. She wore a black and white ensemble with white hot pants under black thigh high boots with a white shirt being partially covered with a black sleeved body armor. She had a figure that would put models to shame. In other words, she was definitely deserving of a hearty 'Hello Nurse.' i was staring without noticing along with my chameleonism kicking in and turning me a bright neon pink. She looked at me with a questioning look and I resisted with a surge of dread that she had seen me talking and upon that realization, I turned a dark blue to signify my blunder and impending read. I then noticed above her head in simple black text.
[Blake Belladonna; Level 35.]
I observed her real quick, getting a level up in observe
[Blake Belladonna; Level 35, The Night-shade that blooms in betrayal]
[Dex 52]
[int 41]
[wis 40]
Even though the rest of her stats fell into levels around me, I still had no doubt that she could kick my ass in less than a minute. She turned to me and said with a slightly concerned tone. "Are you ok, you look like you are a bit sick?
"Oh..yeah, I just lost control of my pigments for a second, and it takes a bit of focus to get them back under control, I'm so sorry," I said lying and getting a level in acting.
"Don't worry about it, I had a friend back in the day that had no control over her Faunus side"
"Thanks' I Said in a relieved tone because he bought the lie. "The last time I lost control of My Faunus side I lost my job when the customer reported it, How can I help you?"
"That's terrible, don't worry I won't say a word," she then leaned real close looking around so she could make sure that no one was looking, she finally said blushing, "I would like a copy of the latest Ninjas of love series."
"No problem It's on the third row from the right, second shelf," I said with no hint of disapproval.
She thanked me and paid for the book leaving me alone in the store. I took a chance to look at the screens that had popped up, they were mostly level ups for observe and acting but the last one caught my attention.
[For your being considered and not reacting to your customers choice of book you get +1 LUC and the title Businessman]
[Title; Businessman; Gives you the sense of a salesman allowing you to get half the amount of money the price of your product is, as a tip; PLus two CHM when equipped]
I immediately equipped the new title giving me a whopping eighteen CHM, and since charm affects selling ability, I am able to for the rest of the day sell like a veteran of the trade gaining another three levels in acting bringing it up to six and another point in CHM, And when I took a chance and made a bit of a questionable joke to Tucson, and he laughed I Got a point in LUC. The shift went by in a flash and by the time it was over I had gone from two hundred and fifty lien to over four hundred just from tips.
"Kid I may have been skeptical about you in the beginning, but I can't say I regret it, so as a reward for today take a book with you as a gift," Tucson said. I thanked him profusely and went to pick one. Observing each one to see which one were skill books. Most of them were not skill books. In fact, only about ten percent of them were. They ranged from juggling- to how to smithing. Eventually, I found three that I couldn't pick between so I bought the two with my tips and ran up to my loft after thanking him again, and used all three. The skill books were 'Fire dust and its many uses', Boomeranging for Dummies, and The Many Supernatural Weapons and Armors of Legends.
[skill; Pyromancy; The art of fire, and its control. The burning element of change none can gain full control of this chaotic element but they be able to direct its crimson flames to their desired target; lvl1; At higher levels this skill allows the player to warm themselves, conjure flames with almost no cost, and create flames hotter than the center of the sun, at your current level you can form small fireballs, heat your clothes to room temperature; 10 Mp per second; sub-skills, Fireball lvl 1,/ Heating lvl 1]
While this one might not be the best right now, I needed some offensive magic and it will grow into a force to be reckoned with, plus with my fire affinity it will level up super fast.
[Skill; Thrown weapon mastery; the precision of a needle and the power of a cannon that is what awaits those who stand at the sides and use humanity's original fighting style. +1 Dex; lvl 1; Right now you throw a ball and have it land within ten feet of the target; sub-skills Boomeranging lvl1, Shurikenjutsu lvl1, Balls lvl 1]
[For increasing dex past base ten you gain the skill; ambidextrous]
[ambidextrous; lvl mix; Allows you to have both of your hands be dominant]
This one I went for just for personal reasons. As a kid I didn't get to play a lot, so envied kids that just got run around and play with balls, not having to worry about when is your next pill time or when your heart is suddenly going to stop. So while it may have limited use I am glad I got it.
[Skill; Enchanting; the power that flows through us, not just given shape but also substance. Just as aura protect the body and enhances it, this allows us to do the same with the weapons we fight with, the armors that shield us, and tools that forge our lives. Lvl1; MP cost starts at 100 and ups on a scale of ten depending on the strength of the enchantment, ( a level 1 enchantment will cost 100 lvl2 will cost 200 etc) enchantments are permanent but must be recharged outside of battle after a period of time, Master of this skill can allow an object to bend the fabric of time and space itself, and never have the need to recharge, at your current level you can make an enchantment last a day and boost the power of enchantments by one percent,]
[Available enchantments]
[Fire enchantment, Adds a slight burning effect intoweapons]
[feather steps; adds a small silencer to your footsteps so they are quieter]
[Cleaner; Adds a filter to your crafting tools so the product seems a bit cleaner]
[(Note more enchantments can be learned from skill books or by the invention)]
This is the one I chose to get for free just because it will be so awesome when I level it up, This is the skill that will make up for my lack of strength and vitality in combat. Imagine some of the enchantments I may be able to get, Physical immunity, flight, cutting through anything, the possibilities are limitless.
I stated enchanting some of my gear by just drawing a small pentagram on the floor, I started with my leather armor. Since the feather fall wouldn't do much for me on the armor I decided to try something along the same lines, I thought that since feather fall made something like a billow to soften my steps that I could Apply that concept to the armor and slide the mana along the outside of it thickening at the thick parts and thickening at the joints.
[A new enchantment has been made; Shock absorber; This enchantment allows you to take less damage from impact trauma, such as blunt weapons and falls]
'Yes. Sweet that worked which means that I could apply that lesson to the rest of the skill, this is going to be fun, I then started on my Beowulf pants. Since the other two of my armor pants worked by surrounding the material and using it as a barrier, I thought "what would happen if I put the fields right in the material'? So that's what I did, I made the fields ling and string and applied them from the top of the legs to the ankles, then raping them around weaving them together so they went together along like a spring'
[A new enchantment has been found; Spring rocket; This enchantment allows you to jump higher than you ever could, great for parkour.]
[A new skill has been discovered; crafting, This skill allows every species to ever reach sentients to rise above their humble beginnings to shape the very world they live in, from weapons to buildings, from written art, painting, carving, cooking the possibilities are limitless; lvl 1]
[A new subskill has been discovered for crafting; weaving; to take the streams and threads present in nature or forged through artificial means this skill grants you to bring what is separate together threw knots, ties and stitches; lvl 1; Masters of this art can forge patterns that surpass the painted or written word, and are strong enough to protect the user from even gods spear; At your current level you can tie your shoes with rainbow laces]
[For applying concepts observed from the world you get one wis]
Excited for the new skill and a bit insulted by the descriptions I Pressed on giving my Glock the fire enchantment because my fire aff increased the damage, and my shoes the feather steps, because making new enchantments cost a lot more than regular and I was almost out. When I finished my enchanting skill was level ten because making new enchantments grant a lot more exp. Now with my equipment, I Could give my enemies the equivalent of an Indian burn with my gun, be protected from a toddler's punch, make about decibels less sound with my shoes, and jump about five inches more than I could before.
Proud of my achievements and low on mp I was thinking about my situation while eating a donut to regain my mp. I had a good base but I didn't have many offensive spells, no defensive or support skills, my equipment only protected me all tile better than before, all of my skill are low leveled and I wanted to keep that for a rainy day, I couldn't go head to head with anything without my mp and that was very small right now. What I needed was a tank to take damage for me so I could get by until I could refill on mp or chip them down with bullets.
[For seeing your weaknesses and making a plan to improve them you get 1 int and .5 inches to your height]
[For increasing your int passed base ten you gain a skill mutation card.]
[a skill mutation can happen to any skill when they reached a skill level of an increment of twenty-five or reach max level, can be induced without leveling with a skill mutation car.]
Grateful that I was still improving and that it was possible for me to escape my five five destiny. I looked at around at my shadowed loft when it hit me, like a sack of dead squirrels. Shadows, if I learned shadow I could them use them as a shield, a weapon, and a mean to get sneak attacks or even steal from my enemies. Getting into lotus position I stared at my shadow and focused my mp out and into what I thought was my shadow, I was pushing and trying to shape it, I blamed my lack of control on my low Wis, but eventually, I Got it to respond. It was like a floodgate opening, it suddenly condensed pulling and forming, but it wasn't my shadow it was as if part of me was being pulled off but not in a painful way like it taking a layer of selifain of me and the rest of the loft as I observed. When It was done a small figure was squirming in front of me. It looked like a snake that had skin, skin that was stretched over a skeleton pulled so taut I thought it would rip, I was tanish grey and had fangs that looked as sharp as knives, I looked like it was stitched together with dead skin, which was accurate because of the skill it gave me.
[new skill; Golemination; Thousands of years ago an old Rabi's town was being threatened by those who thought the jews monsters, so to protect his home and people from the threat he took clay from a river and prayed to god hoping that he would animate his protector, little did he know but in doing so he pushed out his mana unconsciously with the intent to forge a defender, in a way his wish was granted and the first golem was born. Since the many have taken to element around them to bring forth defender, thieves, and warriors for their wishes, lvl2; masters of this skill can create beings with their own souls and feelings, these are called Homunculi, people born not of the womb, but of the heart. At your current level, you can make simple golems that can be remotely controlled and have some semblance of thought so they, not just puppets,]
[New sub-skill has been discovered for Golemination]
[Dust Golem; lvl 2; mp50; made by pulling dead skin, hair, and dirt from the surrounding area; They are deftly fast, can attack for deadly damage, and can swallow loot to bring it to you after the battle, their weakness is that they are squishy as hell with only ten hp they won't last long, They can, however, be hardened into a sharp two-sided sword that the player can use for melee combat]
Cheering for the new skills that would be awesome to use I decided to equip the gamer title to take a look at my stats.
[lvl2]
[str 8]
[10 hmrg 5/m]
[dex 11]
[int 10 mp550]
[wis113 mprg 8/m]
[luc 10]
[CHM 17]
[Businessman + 2 Chm/ ΒΌ amount of price you selling is given to you as tip]
[Beginner-spell caster, +1 int and wis x2 exp with magic]
[450 lien]
Satisfied for now I then proceeded to pass out from exhaustion the second my head hit the pillow, not even bothering to change.
That was the longest chapter I have ever written just for pleasure, thank you all again for all the favs and follows it really warms my heart to hear it, please review with any skill ideas you have and thank you again. Also If you have any ideas for Titles or perks feel free to leave those in the comments as well.
