Chapter 2: Character Creation

Waking up the next day I was still tired but able to continue my day, it has been like this for years now, it is impossible for me to be able to get a full nights rest, they say that the standard time for sleeping hasn't really changed over 100 years, it is still recommended that you get at least 8 hours sleep, but I've been struggling to sleep for even half of that since my parents died, the doctors aren't able to say anything specific just that it is caused by something psychological and that they can't tell me how I am supposed to fix myself, not like I really care about it anymore but I'm always looking for ways to have at least a decent amount of sleep.

After my usual morning routine, I got into my capsule it was noon, it was 5 minutes before the game started.

After sitting in my capsule I closed the door and a timer popped up in front of my eyes.

00:04:45

I watched as the timer slowly counted down until it got to 5 seconds.

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I heard a mechanical voice.

"Welcome to Pandora, Would you like to create an account?" It was pitch black, I wasn't able to see anything since the timer disappeared and I responded.

"Yes"

"Choose a character name." The mechanical voice replied.

"BloodRose" it wasn't my first choice, but it was a choice I was satisfied with.

"Choose a race" It replied.

'Well, this will be a slight problem' I thought this because it wasn't listed on the wiki what races they had made and even though I 'Owned' 15% of the shares it doesn't mean I get unlimited access, because you know, corporate espionage etc.

"Which races are available?" I asked.

"The standard." It replied.

"What in the hell is standard?" I replied whilst thinking 'Standard, based on which game? You can pick up thousands of different races over hundreds of thousands of different games...'

"Okay, Okay, Calm down. Where do you want to start?" The voice was changing, it was still genderless, but it started to change, to show emotion, which isn't surprising as most games have some type of advanced A.I.

"Just list the types of races."

"Well you've got the basics; Human, Elf(Dark, Light and Neutral), Half-ling, Troll, Orc, Lizard, Undead, Demons, Vampires, Random." The voice started to get slightly louder, almost as if I had annoyed it by getting annoyed by it.

"So that's the basics, what's the not so basic then? And then the random? What's with that?" I asked.

"Well Random can give you any race possible, unfortunately, most of the random races haven't been fully made and you will receive the same as choosing a basic human until said race has been edited. Then there's the advanced, you can edit your race by mixing 2 different races, of course, the outcome is never the same, for example, you can have several racial traits, but your trait cannot be chosen so it is by chance on which one you get, as for getting other traits it's not that hard, you will get them later in the game but you have a 1% chance of getting both racial traits from your races if you choose this option as for stat distribution it will be randomized based on the class you choose, for example, if you choose fighter you will have a higher chance of getting stats in fighter based stats like Strength, Endurance and Agility. Whereas with a Mage you will have a higher chance of getting stat points in Wisdom and Intellect, also there is a 1% chance of getting a stat point in Luck which is extremely lucky. Different stats will be explained when you have chosen your race. And before you ask, NO, if you choose both Dark Elf and Light Elf you will not become a Neutral Elf." It explained very fast, actually sounding as if it had run out of breath.

"Can you explain the character traits to me? Which races have which traits and how useful they can be when put together on the off chance I get both of them together?" I asked politely.

"Sure, let me show you the list." It replied before a screen appeared.

Human Traits:

Intelligent - Higher chance of receiving an extra Intelligence stat points upon level up.

Wise- Higher chance of receiving an extra Wisdom stat points upon level up.

Dark Elf:

Hidden - Stealth skill is 10% stronger.

Deadly - You deal 10% more damage when in stealth.

Neutral Elf:

One with Nature - Mana regeneration increases by 10%

Precision Aim - Increase Bow type damage by 10%

Light Elf:

Bathe in Light - Healing skills heal 15% more.

Bathe in Darkness - Curse skills do 5% more damage and increase status effects by 1 second.

Half-Ling:

Agile - Agility increases by 10%

Evasive - 10% higher chance of evading being hit.

Troll:

Strong - 10% increase in damage but decrease agility by 3%

Orc:

Fearsome - 5% increase in damage and a 3% decrease in damage taken.

Lizard:

Amphibious - 5% increase in speed on both land and water.

Undead:

Unholy - 10% increase in black magic.

Holy - 10% increase in holy magic and a 5% increase in resistance to holy magic damage.

Demon:

Destructive - 10% increase in explosive damage.

Hated - All other races will hate you, but you gain a 20% extra reputation within the demon world.

Vampire:

Everlasting - 15% extra hitpoints.

Unaligned:

Diplomat - Gain 5% extra reputation with a race of your choice.

Experienced - Gain 5% extra exp.

Extra Points - Gain 1 more stat point per level.

Allocated - Permenantly increase the chance to gain a certain stat point by 5% or 1% for luck.

Proficient - Gain 5% more skill exp.

Strength - Higher chance of receiving an extra Strength stat point upon level up.

Fast - Higher chance on receiving an extra Agility stat point upon level up.

Lucky - Higher chance on receiving an extra Luck stat point upon level up.