It was pitch black before his eyes, and a slightly hoarse voice sounded in his ears. His pronunciation was a bit special, and it sounded like he had a rural accent, or maybe he was not speaking English of this era.
"Three days ago, I set out from Sigelturk and after two and a half days, I arrived at this small village called Faraines. In the small town, people call it the 'snow-covered lighthouse'.
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"A prowler appeared in Faraynes. I came here just for investigation, but now, I am about to die."
A beam of light suddenly lit up in front of his eyes, and Schiller suddenly felt a sting in his eyes. The rapid change of light made him unable to see anything, and everything was only a blurred outline.
After a while, he roughly figured out his current situation.
He was in a dilapidated cabin.
The beams, floors and pillars are all made of pine. This place is most likely in the temperate or sub-arctic zone. The carpet is woven from goat hair. The oil lamps hanging on the pillars are made of the most primitive animal oil. There are also stains on the wall next to it.
There were some bits and pieces of animal skins hanging.
A small village located in the subarctic zone that makes a living from hunting and animal husbandry - this is Schiller's tentative conclusion.
Schiller turned his head and saw the heavy snow outside the dilapidated window lattice.
"Hello, player, I am the auxiliary guide of this game. Next, I will introduce to you the gameplay rules of this special fighting world copy."
"Hello, Transcendent." Schiller called his name.
"Don't expose me yet, can you just treat me as an ordinary artificial intelligence? I promise not to disturb you for more than half a minute."
"good."
"In short, it's a copycat."
"Play?"
"Yes, you are not you now, you are a clergyman from Shigeltek, your name is Lodolph."
"I understand, this Rodolpho must have some stories, right?"
"Yes, this involves the most basic rules of the game. You have to design a background story that is not out of the ordinary for your character."
"This is a thing suitable for greed."
"It's a coincidence that he's here too."
Schiller frowned and confirmed again, "Are you sure Greed and I are in the same copy?"
"Yes, actually he is next to you now, but the preparations have not been completed yet, so you can't see him."
"What role does he play?"
"He'll have to tell you later."
"Can he not tell me the truth?"
"No, you must play." The Transcendent emphasized: "You cannot do anything that goes against the character's personality, otherwise the game may fail."
Schiller sighed lightly and said, "I understand, go on."
"Although it is a role-playing, I will only give you names and professions. The character's background story and abilities are all decided by you. As long as it does not exceed the settings of this world, it is okay."
"You just said 'clergy.'"
"Yes."
Schiller's mind moved, he grasped the key and asked: "What kind of clergy are there in this world?"
"As expected of you." The Transcendent said, "If you had just said you were a priest, I would have written it for you."
"Does that mean there is something else?"
"Yes, there should be a word you haven't heard of in the opening remarks just now."
"'Prowler'?"
"Yes, this is not an ordinary world. There are countless weird things hidden in the dark corners. They will break out from time to time, and the clergy of the church are almost the only ones who can solve these incidents."
"Are there combatants?"
"Yes, and there are different divisions of labor." The Transcendent introduced: "The identities you can choose are priest, nun, prayer person, judge, baptizer, and requiem person."
"Can you introduce these professions?"
"Don't worry, I'll tell you the basic rules first, and then you decide." The Transcendent said, "This copy is different from all the previous copies. Everything for you depends on the numerical value."
"Numerical value?"
"Yes, everything here has numerical values, including your abilities, other people's abilities, monster abilities, etc. The success of all your actions depends on these numerical values, not your own abilities.
"
"So what are my abilities?"
"You will have a basic value based on your profession, as well as additional points that can be added or subtracted freely. You will need to allocate these points to your own attributes later to determine your final attributes."
"What are these attributes that determine whether I can pass certain events?"
"Yes, there is another element at the same time, and that is dice."
"Throwing the dice?"
"Yes, the most important prop in the game is a 20-sided die, which will be combined with your basic attribute values to determine whether you pass something."
"Give me an example," Schiller demanded.
"Suppose you want to open a lock. The attribute required to open the lock is dexterity, and your value in dexterity is 3 points. The value of the dice you throw is 14 points. Then the final value you get is 17 points, and when you open this
The value required to open the lock is 15 points, then you can open the lock. On the contrary, if your final value is less than 15 points, you cannot open the lock."
"There are some events with special judgments. If you roll the dice in these events and get exactly the number they need, such as 1 or 20, you can get a big failure or a big success. In a lock-unlocking event, a big failure may mean
With the keyhole blocked, great success may mean you can avoid some of the dangers behind the door."
Schiller understood, he nodded and said: "Do you have to throw the dice for every action?"
"No, you only need to use dice when investigating incidents or fighting. At other times, you can act on your own to collect clues. Whether you can decipher the clues also depends on your attribute values and dice results."
"That is to say, if there is a psychology paper in front of me now, and if the dice fails, I will not understand it."
"That's right, because you're playing a clergyman, not a psychiatrist."
“Can I play a psychiatrist?”
"Theoretically, it's possible, but unfortunately you didn't get selected for this profession, and even if you did, you might not be able to understand all the psychological information, even if it was written by Schiller himself."
"I understand. Is there anyone here who has chosen the profession of psychiatrist?"
The Transcendent was silent for a while and then said: "If you keep asking like this, I will doubt your ability to read minds."
"So there really is?"
The Transcendent did not answer, he said: "Okay, there is another important attribute, and that is the mental health value."
“Mental health value?”
"Yes, the healthier you are mentally, the higher the value, and vice versa."
"So it seems like something could be affecting my mental health."
"Yes, weirdness can affect your mental health. Not only contacting and investigating weirdness, but also facing weirdness head-on will make your mental health decrease."
“What happens if it goes to zero?”
"Death, your game journey ends."
"What about going very low?"
"You will go crazy." The Transcendent said: "Crazy will control your body and make you do unpredictable things."
"So do my abilities still exist?"
"What do you mean?"
Schiller pointed to his temple and said: "Normally, the less healthy I am mentally, the stronger my psychoanalytic abilities are."
"Uh... you must be sick, right? This kind of disease cannot be cured."
Schiller felt a little relieved.
"It should be noted that crazy behavior is not under your control, which means that even if your mental state is unhealthy and gives you stronger analytical skills, you will still act crazy, so try to stay healthy."
Schiller nodded.
"Okay, let me introduce these professions to you next. Priests and nuns can make others more trustworthy. Prayer can restore blood volume for themselves or others. Judges can cause damage to creatures that can accept attacks. Baptism
The requiem can remove abnormal conditions, and the requiem can improve the mental health of itself and others."
Schiller analyzed in his mind.
Priests and nuns can make others more trustworthy, which means that there are people in the game who are not other players, and these two professions can more easily get clues from these people.
This is reasonable. In a world with weird existences, clergy such as the Godfather must be more trusted by ordinary people.
There is nothing to say about the prayer that restores blood volume. It is the role of a healer in the game. The judge can attack, but it is emphasized that it attacks creatures that can be attacked, which means that there must be some things that cannot be attacked.
Removing abnormal status should be very useful, because the trouble they are facing now is weirdness rather than monsters. These weirdness will definitely impose various negative status on people. If they cannot be removed in time, it is likely to lead to the destruction of the group.
Restoring mental health is also particularly important. Schiller is not sure whether the gameplay of this game is to directly increase the value by clicking on the skill icon or something else, but he feels that it is best for him to choose this profession.
Because if some operations are needed to restore mental health, it is better to rely on yourself than to rely on other teammates to do it. At least you are professional and will not be easily exposed when outsiders are present.
"I choose Requiem," Schiller said.
"Okay, let's add some attribute points. There are 10 attributes in total, which are physical strength, size, strength, intelligence, dexterity, appearance, inspiration, will, education and luck. I need to introduce to you what they represent.
?”
"It's just a numerical value anyway. Is it necessary?" Schiller said.
"If you don't want to, forget it, but I have to remind you that this is not a board game. You will actually feel the impact of these values on you."
"Give me another example."
"Well, if you only have 1 point of physical strength, you will be extremely weak throughout the game and can hardly move. This pain of weakness will accompany you throughout the game. If your wisdom is too low, your thinking speed will also be affected.
."
"Affect my thinking speed?" Schiller put the emphasis on the word "I".
"Yes, although it is a role, you are this role in this game. All the values you determine are for yourself. We can limit your physique, and naturally we can also limit your thinking speed."
"What about education? How should the level of education be limited?"
"You can't say anything that doesn't belong to your education level." The Transcendent explained: "Each education level has a certain range of vocabulary. If you set the education level too low, then if you use a high level
For horizontal vocabulary, this sentence will be muted."
"Okay, I understand." Schiller nodded, probably understanding.
To put it bluntly, he now needs to shape a new body for himself, but it is more strict than before, with a certain limit, rather than being as strong as he wants.
And once the attribute points are determined, the body will only act according to these attributes. All actions outside the scope of the attributes cannot be performed. This rule is relatively strict.
"What are my starting points like?" Schiller asked, not forgetting that the Beyonder said there would be a starting point based on the character's profession.
"Let me show you... physical strength 3, size 4, strength 4, intelligence 5, dexterity 5, appearance 5, inspiration 7, will 6, education 5 and luck 3."
When he heard that it was a single-digit mechanism, Schiller raised his eyebrows and asked: "How is this attribute? Is it good?"