Sherlock finally decided to choose the "East China Sea Empire", which is also the "imperial culture". The reason is relatively simple, that is, "If I want to finally unify this planet, which culture is the most suitable?"
There is no doubt that the culture with the largest area is the most suitable. In this way, even if you accidentally fail to take care of a non-imperial culture town during the conquest process, causing it to rebel or something, it will only be a "tinea pedis" on the frontier, not
The "hanging crisis" of important logistics cities in the hinterland.
If there is a player from a small country who wants to unify the continent, he will probably find out in the middle of the game that the town he occupied has raised the flag of rebellion. This would be ridiculous.
Oh, of course it's also possible that other players are causing trouble behind my back.
Sherlock temporarily put away his divergent thinking and chose the flag of the East China Sea Empire. His "perspective" dropped rapidly, entering the country represented by that flag, and finally stopped above a featureless medieval town.
【Your avatar is born, please customize his image and name.】
What?
As a loud baby cries, a new panel pops up over the town, showing a curled up sleeping baby. As the baby stretches its arms, it instantly grows into a tall, thin face with small hair.
A bearded young man wearing purple cloth with a gloomy face. At the same time, a text note emerged:
[Name: ‘Stephen’, Family: ‘Strange’]
Sherlock took a look at the young man who appeared on the panel. Well... this default image looks a bit shabby, and his name is not loud enough. He looks like an unlucky man who has fallen into a low point in life.
As if in response to his dissatisfaction, densely packed small buttons appeared around the young man. Height, body shape, hairstyle, hair color and other adjustment items for "pinching" were all available.
In short, first wipe off that annoying beard, and then make your face a little rounder...
Sherlock was looking for the corresponding adjustment items when he saw the young man on the board making a "standby action": he folded his arms, lowered his head as if thinking, then raised his right hand as if he had thought of something, raised his index finger and shook it from side to side.
"..." Sherlock stopped looking for the adjustment button, looked at "Stephen Strange" carefully, and then retracted his hand.
Forget it, no one would have thought that I would use this kind of image that is completely inconsistent with my personality. It can be considered a clever disguise, Sherlock thought as he pressed the "Confirm Image" button.
Then, a text box that I had seen before appeared:
[Your incarnation comes from the East China Sea Empire, and your parents’ origins are——]
[Noble Attendant (strength +1, melee weapons and riding +10)]
[City Trader (Charm +1, Trading and Management +10)]
[Yeoman (endurance +1, running and engineering +10)]
[Village Craftsman (Intelligence +1, Control and Forging +10)]
[Forest Dweller (agility +1, detection and long-range weapons +10)]
[Vagrant (Speed +1, Stealth and Fighting +10)]
"..." Sherlock, who has a bit of reading compulsion, read the specific descriptions of these identities that appeared after selecting each option one by one. Whenever he read one of the items, the "perspective" hovering over the town would change.
Move to the corresponding work location to show a couple working in these positions across the lake.
For Sherlock, reading this kind of information that appears suddenly, is obviously systematic but cannot be analyzed, is simply a kind of torture - what are those attributes?! What are those abilities?!
In order not to give the Hogwarts contestants who are more familiar with human civilization too much of an advantage, why don't we just not explain it?
Sherlock hesitated for a moment, and randomly selected "Forest Man" with the intention of giving it a try. Then, a new panel appeared:
【Your incarnation attracted the attention of adults at a very young age:】
[Leadership (speed +1, command and tactics +10)]
[Strength (strength +1, melee weapons and fighting +10)]
[Attention to detail (agility +1, ranged weapons and running +10)]
[Familiarity with numbers (Intelligence +1, Engineering and Trading +10)]
[The way of getting along with others (charm +1, control and management +10)]
[Riding skills (endurance +1, riding and health +10)]
When Sherlock tries to choose one of them, the screen will switch to the corresponding location, and a child who looks like "Strange" will appear in the city showing his "talent".
But Sherlock had no time to pay attention to the child. His eyes were completely attracted by the [Return to the previous choice] that just appeared at the bottom of the row of options.
Why didn’t you tell me earlier that this function was available!?
After having the confidence to cancel, Sherlock did not bother to analyze the meaning of those characters' lives and skills in detail, regardless of whether he herded sheep or sold goods as a boy, whether he joined the city defense army as a militia in his youth to be responsible for logistics or to stand guard on the city wall, and
The greatest achievement before embarking on an adventure is whether it is defeating bandits or successfully investing and making a fortune. Even the reason for going out for adventure is the pain of a broken love or the desire for power and money.
He arranged and combined all the options that could be selected, selected each one, and canceled and retreated before the official start.
Sherlock finally confirmed that the "incarnation" has six "attributes" with a maximum value of 10, including strength, agility, speed, endurance, intelligence and charm, as well as an "ability" with a maximum value of around 300. However, no matter how the initial state is chosen,
At most, one of the attributes can be stacked to 7, and a certain ability can be stacked to 40.
If we distinguish according to combat ability, we can probably combine powerful, thick-skinned warriors who must be the first in every battle, shooters with flexible movements, free from the battlefield, long-distance support, and management of supplies and logistics. Through multiple
A way to support the troops, but it is not a strong auxiliary.
Of course, it is not impossible to add points evenly, but that often means that there is no outstanding point, and it is likely that you will not be able to deal with some "unspecialized" but powerful enemies that it cannot parry.
However, there seems to be something wrong with this incarnation template. Sherlock tried to stack up "intelligence" because he was a magician. Although he successfully stacked his intelligence up to 7, his strongest skills were "engineering" with a full 40 points, and "
10 each for "Melee Weapons", "Riding", "Domination" and "Persuasion".
What kind of weird magician is this?
Sherlock originally planned to cancel it and start over, but after taking a closer look at the attribute panel, he hesitated.
When competing for hegemony and hunting for treasure in a world with a medieval background, everyone will probably invest their points in attributes that are more conducive to combat. If you seek the optimal solution, there will probably be "attribute collisions", but if you are as dull as you are,
An incarnation with the highest intelligence attributes but no combat ability should be regarded as a kind of... surprise weapon?
Even if there is no attribute advantage, just relying on one's own reasoning ability should be enough to conquer this continent. I wonder if the people on this medieval ocean planet have ever heard of the profession of "strategist"?
