《Samsara: The rise of Darksteel》Chapter 5 - Error, your math sucks
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Looking over the character sheet he smugly thought to himself, if this were to be born on earth it would raise a reign of fear and destruction. I didn’t even need to nerf my talent or qi, but I forgot to look at positive and negative qualities. Seeing as how awesome this guy is, he doesn’t need them though.
Finishing up the character, he rolled up the sheet and started playing the drums with it out of boredom. A few hours later, after Kael had read 96 different peoples boring life stories, sat and spun in Azabael’s sweet office chair until he wanted to puke, and built a house of binders. Boredom did not seem to finally claim his life before Azabael finally appeared in the room. As soon as he appeared the first thing he saw was Kael sitting in his prized chair, at his desk, with a rolled up sheet.
Although the sheet looked normal to Kael, all of the samsara examiners owned the Eyes of Judgement, which could see and judge the truth of all things. In Azabael’s eyes, the seemingly normal sheet of paper looked like an ancient scroll made of gold. All of a souls information was not written upon the scroll but carved deep into its surface. Depending on the karma imbued it would glow a white or red shade. Due to the amount of karma stuffed into the scroll, it was like a miniature sun to his eyes. Azabael stared at it, filled with horror he shouted to Kael, “Quickly, put that down!”
“What's wrong A-man, I already finished it, I was just too bored waiting for you.”
“That’s impossible,” Azabael said, “If you had finished it you would have reincarnated already”.
“No your wrong, I would have been tortured first, but what are the final touches to something like this anyway?”
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“I forgot you are insane and opted in for torture. To finish it, it just needs a stamp”
“Like this?” Kael asked as he picked up the stamp and stamped his character.
The last thing Kael heard as everything went dark was Azabael screaming, “Noooooo”, like a Skywalker wannabe. Soon Kael found himself undergoing the most insanely painful torture that existed. Most of them were so horrible his mind blocked them out so he could not recall them. The one that particularly made him shudder was swallowing massive shards of glass, followed by a mixture of lemon juice and salt. The worst part wasn’t just swallowing but what came after. Time blurred until one day he heard that sweet droning voice again, “Reincarnation initializing”. Finally, he thought, my torture is over. However, just as that thought crossed his mind he heard that voice again.
Error with soul birth, overspent karma by 150.
Applying negative qualities to cover cost.
Based on souls bias, qi deficiency of 150 point severity has been purchased.
Error, Soul birthed into a mortal plane has the heavenly bloodline, Titan.
Reducing bloodline by 90%.
Kael heard that and mimicked Azabael with a “Nooooooo!” while thinking to himself, I GOT FUCKED! My math was right, the systems math is shit, and now I spent 300 karma for 30 karma worth of bloodline.
Bloodline reduction by 90%, Karma refund of 270 points.
Error, Soul birthed into a mortal plane has the heavenly bloodline, Everburning World Tree.
Reducing bloodline by 90%.
Bloodline reduction by 90%, Karma refund of 270 points.
Bloodline was a legacy, doubling efficiency.
Bloodline was a legacy, Karma refund of 150 points.
Kael hearing this was gobsmacked again, thinking, Not only did I get fucked on my bloodlines, but there is the 150 points for the qi deficiency! Also, I was refunded 420 points on a 300 point purchase! I can’t even use this shit!
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3 attribute points left unspent. Points converted into a modification point. Point applied to reflex.
Soul has 690 Karma left unspent, searching soul's true desire.
“Fuck you, just ask!!” Could be heard echoing through the void as Kael’s soul was transported through nothingness to a new plane.
Soul has a strong desire for complete control.
Soul has a strong desire to be the peak of all artisans.
Unlocking true control over crafting talents, cost 500.
Unlocking 19 talent points, cost 190.
The sarcastic shout of, “WHERE'S MY GRANDPA RING” rang throughout the void as a soul zipped by.
Soul creation finished. Please review final changes. Soul intelligence will be suppressed for 5.9 years to ensure a normal birth and infant growth stage.
Group A
Base
Mod
Total
Group B
Base
Mod
Total
Group C
Base
Mod
Total
Group D
Base
Mod
Total
Strength
14
0
14
Agility
7
0
7
Reflex
14
1
15
Talent
8
0
8
Body
7
0
7
Stamina
9
0
9
Endurance
13
2
15
Perception
8
0
8
Intelligence
10
0
10
Willpower
11
0
11
Spirit
16
3
19
Luck
3
0
3
Items: Spatial Ring; Save a Life Talisman x2; Fruit + 1 Attribute; Fruit + 1 Talent; Fruit + 2 strength, +10 Bloodlines. (Items packaged into Spatial Ring)
Blessing of Nuwa: Each time your cultivation progresses you gain an additional 10% spiritual growth. Your willpower increases by a flat 1 point during reincarnation.
Artisan Saint: Easier to enter into professions, increased learning rate by 100% while in the mortal rank of the profession.
The difficulty in creating anything is reduced by 20%. Artisans are blessed with an ancient recipe each time they advance to a new tier.
Bloodline: Titan, +2 Strength, +1 Body, +1 Stamina, Increases control over metal.
Bloodline: Fae, Fire/Wood +2 Intelligence, +2 Agility, +2 Willpower, Increase control over fire/wood. Fire might increased by 10%, Fire consumption reduced by 10%.
Negative Quality: Qi Deficiency, May not create a dantian until new body achieves Xantian.
After looking through everything and feeling like he got royally screwed, Kael felt his eyes growing heavy. As his vision slowly turned to black, a woman in another world was going through a terrible labor. Just before his consciousness was completely suppressed he could faintly hear the previous voice.
Error, soul did not purchase a background.
Error, soul did not purchase a lifestyle.
Error, soul did not purchase a family or clan package.
Generating lowest level background, lifestyle, and family/clan package for soul.
Error, soul does not have enough karma for purchase.
Further reducing background, lifestyle, and clan for soul.
Purchase successful for 0 points.
Error, soul purchased unlock of all talents for 100. Purchase redundant, Karma refund of 100 points.
Remaining Karma of 100 points will be carried over into the soul's new life.
Completing the samsara cycle, inserting soul into a new birth.
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