“Hey, I still wanted to ask you—” I yelled, then sighed, “And he’s gone.”

Turning toward the doctors, I had a thought: “Hey, since I’m likely to send the next several hundred years with you, can I use your first names when talking to you?”

“Sure, I’m Lucien,” said Dr. Bastien.

“I’m Titania,” said Dr. Larkens.

“And I’m Oberon,” Dr. Stanton.

“And I guess you already know that I’m John. Also, really? You two are named after the High Queen and King of the Faeries?” I asked.

“Apparently, they are.”

“You two now have to be the beta testers for the Faerie race.”

“Please, please, tell me that faeries are an overpowered race that you won’t get to for a few hundred years,” said Titania.

“It will probably be a few decades before we get there. They should be at least tier 3,” I responded, “they are almost all magical, so they are rather strong as a race. Even as individuals they are at least tier 2, when they work together they are exponentially more powerful.”

“What kind of magic will humans have?” asked Lucien

“Humans will often be born with natural Aura or Qi abilities. They will also be very rarely born with mana affinity. I plan on making all the races in the first tier like that.”

“And what was it you said about RPG stuff?”

“Oh, yes, everyone will have stats, skills, classes, and other such things. They will even be able to create abilities. They get to name the ones that they make, but the names will go through us first,” Waving my hand, mainly for dramatic effect, I made a stack of nine sheets of paper appear in front of them, “This is what an average young adult’s stat table will look like for the basic races.”

Name

John Smith

Race:

Human

Classes:

Varies

Level:

5,

500 XP to next level

Health:

200/200

Stamina:

200/200

Aura:

100/100

Mana(if applicable):

100/100

Fate:

0 - 36

Perk Points:

5

Spirit:

5/5

Karma Points:

Varies, average 0

Vitality

10

Intelligence:

12

Endurance

10

Wisdom:

10

Constitution

10

Willpower

13

Strength

10

Perception

10

Nat. Armor

1

Charisma

8

Agility

10

Focus

8

Aesthetic Appeal

10

Luck

10

Undistributed stat points:

40

Skills:

Cooking

Name

John Smith

Race:

Merkin

Classes:

Varies

Level:

10,

1000 XP to next level

Health:

200/200

Stamina:

200/200

Aura:

100/100

Mana(if applicable):

100/100

Fate:

0 - 36

Perk Points:

10

Spirit:

5/5

Karma Points:

Varies, average 0

Vitality

10

Intelligence:

12

Endurance

10

Wisdom:

10

Constitution

13

Willpower

10

Strength

16

Perception

10

Nat. Armor

3

Charisma

8

Agility

8

Focus

8

Aesthetic Appeal

10

Luck

10

Undistributed Stat Points:

80

Skills:

Swimming

Name

John Smith

Race:

Tigerkin,

800 XP to next level

Classes:

Varies

Level:

8

Health:

200/200

Stamina:

200/200

Aura:

100/100

Mana(if applicable):

100/100

Fate:

0 - 36

Perk Points:

8

Spirit:

5/5

Karma Points:

Varies, average 0

Vitality

10

Intelligence:

12

Endurance

10

Wisdom:

10

Constitution

10

Willpower

10

Strength

12

Perception

12

Nat. Armor

1

Charisma

8

Agility

15

Focus

6

Aesthetic Appeal

10

Luck

10

Undistributed Stat Points:

64

Skills:

Running

Climbing

The tables for the other races* looked much the same, the races being Humans, Gnomes, Halflings, Dwarves, Orcs, Merkin, Wolfkin, Tigerkin, and Bearkin.

*The other races’ status screens won’t be shown just yet, partially because I’m still working on them, and partially because I would be accused of trying to inflate my word count if I displayed 9 nearly identical tables in a single chapter.

“Why are the levels different?” asked Oberon.

“They will live in different environments for one,” I responded, “And a tigerkin would be more predatorial than a human or dwarf would be, while the most dangerous creatures live in the very deep oceans, where the merkin are the only creatures capable of easily getting to them, and are also the closest food source.”